CentOS - Apr 2008 - Apache Authorization Access Control - location of htpasswd in Centos 5.1?

Hi,
 
I?m trying to set up a private family web site for genealogy, and want to set up
Apache Authorization access control for this site, and once the user has logged
in has access to the entire site.  I?ve been reading the info at
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/auth.html to learn how to do this.  I?m
just planning on passing out the same username and password to all family
members and allow everyone in the family to use the same username and password,
to keep things simple.  The server is running Centos 5.1.
 
The first problem I am running into ? I?m trying to use the htpasswd utility
that came with Apache 2.2 to create a password file.  The default location
according to above URL is in /usr/local/apache2/bin/htpasswd but apparently it?s
not located there in my install.
 
I tried creating a password file by executing htpasswd -c /passwd/passwords
famsite but apparently htpasswd is not in my path, I?m getting the ?cannot
create file /passwd/passwords famsite? error.
 
Anyone know where the default location of htpasswd is on a centos 5.1 install? 
Or how to generate a password file on a centos 5.1 install?

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On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 7:31 AM, Pam Astor <pamastor at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I tried creating a password file by executing htpasswd -c /passwd/passwords
> famsite but apparently htpasswd is not in my path, I'm getting the
"cannot
> create file /passwd/passwords famsite" error.
>
>
>
> Anyone know where the default location of htpasswd is on a centos 5.1
> install?  Or how to generate a password file on a centos 5.1 install?

There's a utility called 'which' you can use to discover the
location
of certain apps you want to learn about.

[jperrin at insanity ~]$ which htpasswd
/usr/bin/htpasswd

However keep in mind that just because you can run the utility doesn't
mean that you'll have permissions to where it puts the files. It's
possible that you may have to run htpasswd as root.

-- 
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
George Orwell

Pam Astor wrote on Sun, 6 Apr 2008 07:31:03 -0400:
> I tried creating a password file by executing htpasswd -c /passwd/passwords
> famsite but apparently htpasswd is not in my path, I?m getting the
> ?cannot create file /passwd/passwords famsite? error.
That rather sounds like the path /passwd/passwords does not exist or is not 
writable.

Kai

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Hi Pam,

just my two cents. The command 'htpasswd -c /passwd/passwords famsite' 
will do two things: create the password file called passwords in the 
/passwd directory, and add the user famsite to it. So, the directory 
/passwd must exist, and you did that. However, passwords is a file and 
you said you created that directory. This is wrong. If it existed as a 
file then htpasswd would recreate it (with the -c option) but I don't 
think it would work if passwords was a directory.

Because you're doing all this as root I don't think it's a
permission
problem. However, as others pointed out, because the passwords file will 
have to be accessible by the user who runs Apache, then you will need to 
sort that out later.

Hope this helps. Also, if you type just htpasswd with nothing else you 
should have a nice help.

Giulio

Pam Astor wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>  
>
> I?m trying to set up a private family web site for genealogy, and want 
> to set up Apache Authorization access control for this site, and once 
> the user has logged in has access to the entire site.  I?ve been 
> reading the info at _http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/auth.html_ 
> to learn how to do this.  I?m just planning on passing out the same 
> username and password to all family members and allow everyone in the 
> family to use the same username and password, to keep things simple.  
> The server is running Centos 5.1.
>
>  
>
> The first problem I am running into ? I?m trying to use the 
> |_htpasswd_
<http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/programs/htpasswd.html>|
> utility that came with Apache 2.2 to create a password file.  The 
> default location according to above URL is in 
> |/usr/local/apache2/bin/htpasswd| but apparently it?s not located 
> there in my install. 
>
>  
>
> |I tried creating a password file by executing htpasswd -c 
> /passwd/passwords famsite but apparently ||_htpasswd_ 
> <http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/programs/htpasswd.html> is not in
my
> path, I?m getting the ?cannot create file /passwd/passwords famsite? 
> error.|
>
>  
>
> Anyone know where the default location of htpasswd is on a centos 5.1 
> install?  Or how to generate a password file on a centos 5.1 install?
>
>
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Pam Astor wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I?m trying to set up a private family web site for genealogy, and want to
set up Apache Authorization access control for this site, and once the user has
logged in has access to the entire site.  I?ve been reading the info at
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/auth.html to learn how to do this.  I?m
just planning on passing out the same username and password to all family
members and allow everyone in the family to use the same username and password,
to keep things simple.  The server is running Centos 5.1.
>   
Is there any reason not to give each user his own login:password? it 
starts as "user friendly" and it ends up as a
zombie...
>  
> The first problem I am running into ? I?m trying to use the htpasswd
utility that came with Apache 2.2 to create a password file.  The default
location according to above URL is in /usr/local/apache2/bin/htpasswd but
apparently it?s not located there in my install.
>  
> I tried creating a password file by executing htpasswd -c /passwd/passwords
famsite but apparently htpasswd is not in my path, I?m getting the ?cannot
create file /passwd/passwords famsite? error.
>   
you can have a lot of fun under unix. try these:

# cp /a/foo /b/bar
...



How about creating the directory?
# mkdir /passwd
# cd /passwd
# htpsswd -c passwords famsite


that said, /passwd is a bad choice. /etc/httpd/security is better.
>  
> Anyone know where the default location of htpasswd is on a centos 5.1
install?  Or how to generate a password file on a centos 5.1 install?
>   
you can generate whatever file you want, as long as you stop trying to 
create files inside directories that don't exist.