Bug#717496: Bug#717448: apache2: Invalid command 'AuthType'

["Thijs Kinkhorst" <thijs@debian.org>]

On Sun, July 21, 2013 16:14, Arno Töll wrote:
> clone 717448 -1
> reassign -1 apache2
> retitle -1 apache2: Please enable authn_core by default
> thanks
>
> On 21.07.2013 15:59, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote:
>>
>> Does it make sense to allow to use mod_authn_file unconditionally in
>> config files, but not allow authn_core unconditionally? authn_core
>> "provides directives that are common to all authentication providers".
>
> We can of course discuss this. I'm making a separate issue out of it, as
> its not directly related to the problem in phpmyadmin.

So, let's discuss this. Why would we allow to use directives from the
authn_file module without <IfModule>s, but not those from authn_core,
which provides facilities that authn_file needs? Or put differently, how
does one use authn_file without specifying AuthType?


Thijs