[Zope] - Pb with Apache (authentication)

[Paul Everitt]

Ronan--

Apache 1.2.6's mod_rewrite doesn't work for passing authentication
headers.  If you can't upgrade to Apache 1.3.3, then take a look at our
*UNSUPPORTED* patch for Apache:

  ftp://ftp.digicool.com/pub/releases/ServerPatches/

--Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronan BARZIC [mailto:barzic@worldnet.fr]
> Sent: Thursday, December 31, 1998 7:54 AM
> To: zope@zope.org
> Subject: [Zope] - Pb with Apache (authentication)
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
>     I've a problem with Zope 1.0.9 (source distribution) with
> authentication.
>     I'am  using Apache 1.2.6 from a RedHat 5.1 distribution with the
> standard configuration files plus the the rewrite Rule in httpd.conf :
>         RewriteEngine on
>         RewriteLog /etc/httpd/logs/rewrite.log
>         RewriteLogLevel 9
>         RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization}  ^(.*)
>         RewriteRule ^/Zope/(.*) /home/httpd/cgi-bin/Zope.cgi/$1
> [e=HTTP_CGI_AUTHORIZATION:%1,t=application/x-httpd-cgi,l]
> 
>     For testing, i've installed Zope under the 
> /home/httpd/Zope-1.9.0-src
> and a link with /home/hhtpd/Zope.lnk
>     Zope.cgi is in the cgi-bin directory
> 
>      The URL //mymachine/cgi-bin/Zope.cgi gives the welcome page
>      The URL //mymachine/cgi-bin/Zope.cgi/manage asks the 
> superuser name and
> the password but it faills
> 
>     The URL //mymachine/Zope/manage asks the superuser name 
> and the password
> but it faills. The log for the rewrite rule seems to be 
> correct (and it
> works...)
> 
>     httpd runs as nobody.
>     access file is owned by nobody with read and write access.
>     ls-l var gives :
>         total 26
>             -rw-rw-rw-   1 nobody   nobody      10780 Dec 30 
> 17:22 Data.bbb
>             -rw-rw-rw-   1 nobody   nobody       7789 Dec 30 17:11
> Data.bbb.in
>             -rw-r--r--   1 nobody   nobody          9 Dec 30 17:22
> Data.bbb.trans
>             drwxrwxrwx   3 nobody   nobody       1024 Dec 30 
> 17:21 gadfly
>             -rw-rw-rw-   1 nobody   nobody       3135 Dec 30 
> 17:21 pcgi.log
>             -rw-rw-rw-   1 nobody   nobody          4 Dec 30 
> 17:22 pcgi.pid
>             srwxrwxrwx   1 nobody   nobody          0 Dec 30 
> 17:22 pcgi.soc
> 
>     ls -l access gives :
>         -rwxrw-rw-   1 nobody   nobody         16 Dec 30 18:12 access
> 
> 
> 
>         Thank you
> 
>         Ronan BARZIC
>         barzic@worldnet.fr
> 
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