Comments on: no groups file? http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/ and still for good reason. Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:45:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Trizt http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/comment-page-1/#comment-278110 Trizt Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:45:14 +0000 http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/#comment-278110 This saved me a lot of testing, a colleague of mine had disabled most of the modules to make a smaller memory fingerprint and suddenly a php application stopped to work (apache used ldap to authorize the user). I hope you have managed to migrate to that Linux server you wished for, sadly I don't have the same luck as we code .net and sadly mono isn't an option. This saved me a lot of testing, a colleague of mine had disabled most of the modules to make a smaller memory fingerprint and suddenly a php application stopped to work (apache used ldap to authorize the user).

I hope you have managed to migrate to that Linux server you wished for, sadly I don’t have the same luck as we code .net and sadly mono isn’t an option.

]]> By: JOel http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/comment-page-1/#comment-192696 JOel Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:26:02 +0000 http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/#comment-192696 Thank you! Worked for me and will follow you advice next time regarding merging changes;) Thank you! Worked for me and will follow you advice next time regarding merging changes;)

]]> By: Mike http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/comment-page-1/#comment-192198 Mike Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:26:35 +0000 http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/#comment-192198 Ahhh...that's better...those nasty 500's have been replaced with my lovely Nagios instance. Thanks for the post. Ahhh…that’s better…those nasty 500′s have been replaced with my lovely Nagios instance. Thanks for the post.

]]> By: GreenEyed http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/comment-page-1/#comment-183800 GreenEyed Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:21:27 +0000 http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/#comment-183800 Thank you very much! :). Thank you very much! :) .

]]> By: Ammon http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/comment-page-1/#comment-182216 Ammon Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:22:37 +0000 http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/#comment-182216 Glad to be of help. I have two or three posts like this. I just wish I could come up with more similar usefulness ;) Glad to be of help. I have two or three posts like this. I just wish I could come up with more similar usefulness ;)

]]> By: Mumia W. http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/comment-page-1/#comment-182206 Mumia W. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:23:36 +0000 http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/#comment-182206 This is the blog post that just keeps on giving. You helped me too; thanks Ammon. BTW, you are first in an AOL search of 'apache2 "no groups file"' This is the blog post that just keeps on giving. You helped me too; thanks Ammon. BTW, you are first in an AOL search of ‘apache2 “no groups file”‘

]]> By: Ben http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/comment-page-1/#comment-179191 Ben Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:12:03 +0000 http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/#comment-179191 I just spent over an hour fighting this problem - you just saved me a mental breakdown. Thanks a lot! Adding mod_authz_user fixed it straight away! I just spent over an hour fighting this problem – you just saved me a mental breakdown. Thanks a lot! Adding mod_authz_user fixed it straight away!

]]> By: Ammon http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/comment-page-1/#comment-131665 Ammon Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:40:52 +0000 http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/#comment-131665 Grin. I wrote this post two years ago, at the time, I couldn't find the default configs. They very well could have added them since then ;) Grin. I wrote this post two years ago, at the time, I couldn’t find the default configs. They very well could have added them since then ;)

]]> By: fourberon http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/comment-page-1/#comment-131544 fourberon Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:36:26 +0000 http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/#comment-131544 In fact, reading longer the Apache 2.2 documentation : the "require valid-user" diretive explicitly requires the specified authz_user module ; the "require " directive requires either authz_user directive OR authz_groupfile. Moral of the story : We should all read the f. manual completely. In fact, reading longer the Apache 2.2 documentation : the “require valid-user” diretive explicitly requires the specified authz_user module ; the “require ” directive requires either authz_user directive OR authz_groupfile.
Moral of the story : We should all read the f. manual completely.

]]> By: fourberon http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/comment-page-1/#comment-131538 fourberon Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:48:56 +0000 http://ammonlauritzen.com/blog/2006/11/20/no-groups-file/#comment-131538 Hi Ammon, than you for this post that solved the same problem I had. I just want 2 things to be more clear : 1) if you put some group authentication requirements, it would work (works for me for basic authentication) : <code> LoadModule authz_groupfile_module modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so AuthzGroupFileAuthoritative On AuthGroupFile "XXX/test.htgrp" Require group testgroup </code> Useless and inelegant, but working. The error message is not so unclear. 2) there are some installations options in the windows installer (I'm currently using the 2.2.10 version) that installs in the "extra" folder the default configuration files you claim. Apache 2.2 documentation doesn't ever explain anything about the precise requirements between modules and assumes you use the default configuration file. I regret it too. Hi Ammon, than you for this post that solved the same problem I had.
I just want 2 things to be more clear :
1) if you put some group authentication requirements, it would work (works for me for basic authentication) :

LoadModule authz_groupfile_module modules/mod_authz_groupfile.so
AuthzGroupFileAuthoritative On
AuthGroupFile "XXX/test.htgrp"
Require group testgroup

Useless and inelegant, but working. The error message is not so unclear.
2) there are some installations options in the windows installer (I’m currently using the 2.2.10 version) that installs in the “extra” folder the default configuration files you claim.

Apache 2.2 documentation doesn’t ever explain anything about the precise requirements between modules and assumes you use the default configuration file. I regret it too.

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