Date:  Mon, 6 Feb 2006 23:12:46 -0500
From:  "Brian N. Smith" <brian (at mark) nuonce.net>
Subject:  [coba-e:04031] Re: mod_auth_pam
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
Message-Id:  <004c01c62b9c$c0e12170$fe00a8c0 (at mark) nuonce.net>
References:  <20060206213143.GB1852 (at mark) xs4all.nl>
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> As a test, I have an .htacces with:
> AuthAuthoritative On
> AuthType Basic
> AuthName Statistieken
> AuthExternal pwauth
> GroupExternal unixgroup
> require valid-user

I did the same test and I was able to authenticate just fine.  I used both a 
site admin, and a regular user, and it didn't have any problems.  It could 
be your password.  There is a flaw in my 2.0 release of the Auth-External 
package.  A new package will be out hopefully by the weekend.

The problem is with special characters (! (at mark) #$%^&*() .. So if you password 
contains one of those, it will fail.  My new version will fix that.  Does 
your password contain any special chars?  If so, that may be your problem.

Thanks!
Brian