Date:  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:36:55 +0100
From:  "Jason Humphrey" <jasonh (at mark) businessws.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:06924] Re: htaccess
To:  <coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org>
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In-Reply-To:  <ANEGJMCHIAIGKNGEGHDKMEAACDAA.jasonh (at mark) businessws.com>
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> > Hi,
> > I have just moved a site onto a StrongBolt raq3 which has a
> > htaccess file in
> > it, when I try to access this area of the site I get:
> >
> > The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and
> > was unable
> > to complete your request. Your administrator may not have enabled
> > CGI access
> > for this directory.
> >
> > The error_log shows:
> > [Thu Sep 14 10:47:08 2006] [crit] [client 82.118.106.158] configuration
> > error:  couldn't check user.  No user file?: /admin/index.php
> >
> > The htaccess file contains:
> > AuthType Basic
> > AuthName "Password Required"
> > Require user username
> >
> > By googling around I can find other people with the same problem
> > but I can't
> > find the answer. Anybody know?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jason
> >
>
> I have now followed the instructions I have found at
> http://www.nuonce.net/mod_external_lib.php but now I get this
> error message:
>
> [Thu Sep 14 11:19:05 2006] [error] [client 82.118.106.158]
> AuthExtern pwauth
> [/usr/bin/checker]: Failed (2) for user username
> Can't do setuid (cannot exec sperl)
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks
> Jason
>

I got brave and did yum install perl-suidperl and then restarted httpd.
Everything works great now and its in the archives for future reference.

Thanks
Jason