mod_auth_dbm doesn't work: "Authentication Required" without end...

Hello all.
I am using httpd 2.0.48 on Mac OS X.3 (FreeBSD Unix).

Maybe someone can help:
I want to restrict access to a <Location ...> with username and password
and thought of using mod_auth_dbm since the tree is very deep and I read
that Apache does the authentication internally on every page inside this
tree. So auth-dbm could be faster.

I have only up to ten users anyway, maybe later 20 or 30.

Anyway, Apache seems to fail with my configuration, everytime I access
this location my browsers tells me to athenticate again and again.
Commenting out "require valid-user" fix this problem.


Here I post my httpd.conf, the error log and my configuration settings,
maybe someone can tell me what is wrong here.

Maybe I have alternatives to mod_auth_dbm except a plain text pw file?

Many thanks for help!
Robert


Modules Compiled In:
BUILTIN_LIBS=' modules/aaa/mod_access.la modules/aaa/mod_auth.la
modules/aaa/mod_auth_dbm.la modules/filters/mod_include.la
modules/filters/mod_deflate.la modules/loggers/mod_log_config.la
modules/metadata/mod_env.la modules/metadata/mod_setenvif.la
modules/http/mod_http.la modules/http/mod_mime.la
modules/dav/main/mod_dav.la modules/generators/mod_status.la
modules/generators/mod_autoindex.la modules/generators/mod_asis.la
modules/generators/mod_cgi.la modules/dav/fs/mod_dav_fs.la
modules/mappers/mod_negotiation.la modules/mappers/mod_dir.la
modules/mappers/mod_imap.la modules/mappers/mod_actions.la
modules/mappers/mod_userdir.la modules/mappers/mod_alias.la
modules/mappers/mod_so.la'

Excerpt of my httpd.conf:

<Location /svn/repos>
DAV svn
SVNPath /usr/local/subversion_cvs_repository
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE

AuthName "Subversion Repositority Realm"
AuthType Basic
AuthDBMUserFile /usr/local/ApacheAuthDBM/usersdbm

require valid-user


</Location>

Permissions on /usr/local/ApacheAuthDBM/usersdbm AND the directory it is
part of: rw-rw-rw-

configuration:

$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Apache2_0_48_preforked_for_svn_
--with-mpm=prefork --enable-dav --enable-so --enable-maintainer-mode
--enable-deflate --with-dbm=db4 --enable-auth-dbm
--with-berkeley-db=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB4.1.25
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Davide Bianchi <davideyeahsure@onlyforfun.net> wrote:

> Robert <me@privacy.net> wrote:
> > and thought of using mod_auth_dbm since the tree is very deep and I read
> > that Apache does the authentication internally on every page inside this
> > tree. So auth-dbm could be faster.
>
> Check your error_log file, this kind of problems usually happens when
> multiple modules are trying to authenticate the user. I suppose that
> you still have the standard mod_auth enabled.
>
Oh, I forgot:
my error log:
[Mon Nov 03 13:09:06 2003] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Mon Nov 03 13:20:40 2003] [notice] Apache/2.0.48 (Unix) SVN/0.32.1
DAV/2 configured -- resuming normal operations
[Mon Nov 03 13:20:45 2003] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] File does not
exist: /usr/local/Apache2_0_48_preforked_for_svn_/htdocs/favicon.ico
[Mon Nov 03 13:20:53 2003] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] (120022)APR does
not understand this error code: could not open dbm (type default) auth
file: /usr/local/ApacheAuthDBM/usersdbm
[Mon Nov 03 13:20:53 2003] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] DBM user welz
not found: /usr/local/Apache2_0_48_preforked_for_svn_/htdocs/svn
[Mon Nov 03 13:20:58 2003] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] (120022)APR does
not understand this error code: could not open dbm (type default) auth
file: /usr/local/ApacheAuthDBM/usersdbm
[Mon Nov 03 13:20:58 2003] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] DBM user welz
not found: /usr/local/Apache2_0_48_preforked_for_svn_/htdocs/svn
[Mon Nov 03 13:46:02 2003] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] (120022)APR does
not understand this error code: could not open dbm (type default) auth
file: /usr/local/ApacheAuthDBM/usersdbm
[Mon Nov 03 13:46:02 2003] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] DBM user welz
not found: /usr/local/Apache2_0_48_preforked_for_svn_/htdocs/svn
[Mon Nov 03 13:46:19 2003] [error] [client 192.168.1.10] (120022)APR
does not understand this error code: could not open dbm (type default)
auth file: /usr/local/ApacheAuthDBM/usersdbm
[Mon Nov 03 13:46:19 2003] [error] [client 192.168.1.10] DBM user not
found: /usr/local/Apache2_0_48_preforked_for_svn_/htdocs/svn


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Robert <me@privacy.net> wrote:
> and thought of using mod_auth_dbm since the tree is very deep and I read
> that Apache does the authentication internally on every page inside this
> tree. So auth-dbm could be faster.

Check your error_log file, this kind of problems usually happens when
multiple modules are trying to authenticate the user. I suppose that
you still have the standard mod_auth enabled.

> Maybe I have alternatives to mod_auth_dbm except a plain text pw file?

What's the problem with a plain text file?

> BUILTIN_LIBS=' modules/aaa/mod_auth.la

Yep, you still have mod_auth.

Davide

Robert <me@privacy.net> wrote:
> [Mon Nov 03 13:20:53 2003] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] (120022)APR does
> not understand this error code: could not open dbm (type default) auth
> file: /usr/local/ApacheAuthDBM/usersdbm

Well, here you go: it can't open the authentication database. It's
corrupted, doesn't have the correct permission or you haven't created
it right.

Davide

Davide Bianchi <davideyeahsure@onlyforfun.net> wrote:

> Robert <me@privacy.net> wrote:
> > [Mon Nov 03 13:20:53 2003] [error] [client 192.168.1.7] (120022)APR does
> > not understand this error code: could not open dbm (type default) auth
> > file: /usr/local/ApacheAuthDBM/usersdbm
>
> Well, here you go: it can't open the authentication database. It's
> corrupted, doesn't have the correct permission or you haven't created
> it right.
>
> Davide
the database is there:

[Robert-Welzs-G4:~] welz% dbmmanage /usr/local/ApacheAuthDBM/usersdbm
check welz
Enter password:
crypt password ok
[Robert-Welzs-G4:~] welz% dbmmanage /usr/local/ApacheAuthDBM/usersdbm
view
welz:/BmnidihmYF/Q:develop

read write for all:

[Robert-Welzs-G4:~] welz% ls -al /usr/local/ApacheAuthDBM/usersdbm
-rw-rw-rw- 1 welz wheel 16384 3 Nov 12:41
/usr/local/ApacheAuthDBM/usersdbm

and
ls -al /usr/local/
drwxrwxrwx 3 welz wheel 102 3 Nov 12:41 ApacheAuthDBM

So what can I do now?

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Robert <me@privacy.net> wrote:
> the database is there:
> read write for all:
> So what can I do now?

Well, based on the error reported, the problem is that he can't access
the file. I'd start in moving the file somewhere else. Like the
configuration directory of Apache. Or check the code of mod_auth_dbm
to see where that kind of error is reported and what it means.

I've never used mod_auth_dbm, so that's what I can think of.

Davide