DBM authentication requiring AuthUserFile?

[dpalme]

I need to secure a directory on the apache server, so I turned on dbm in the httpd.conf

LoadModule authn_dbm_module libexec/apache24/mod_authn_dbm.so

I created the DBM file, added a simple index.html file and added the following to the httpd-vhosts file:

<Directory "/home/tth/www/data/app">
  AuthName "restricted stuff"
  AuthType Basic
  AuthDBMUserFile "/home/tth/www/dbuser"
  require valid-user
</Directory>

restarted apache, the password screen pops up but then I get an internal server error and the following in the error_log:

[Sun Aug 20 10:37:32.882701 2017] [authn_file:error] [pid 85477] [client xx.xxx.
xxx.xxx:62870] AH01619: AuthUserFile not specified in the configuration


Any idea what I'm doing wrong here?

 

[SirDice]

You need to set AuthBasicProvider. Or else it's going to use the default from mod_authn_file.

https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_authz_dbm.html
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_auth_basic.html

 

[dpalme]

I have that what is a little unusual, if I use the htdbm command it works perfectly. If I use dbmmanage to create the file and add the user, it still errors out.