apache sys_auth_module on slink

["I. Forbes" <iforbes@zsd.co.za>]

Hello All

Is anybody using Apache "sys_auth_module" on debian slink?

I have installed it from the package libapache_mod_auth_sys 
version 1.10-4.1 deb file.  I am running apache 1.3 from slink.

My http.conf file has the line:

LoadModule auth_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/mod_auth.so  

I have the following in my .htaccess file:

AuthName "ian"
AuthType Basic
require user ian

When I try and connect I get an authentication error.  The following 
is logged in my apache "error.log" file.  

[Wed Jan 12 14:10:46 2000] [error] user ian not found: /~ian

I have tried it with both shadow passwords on and off.  

(If I don't load the auth_sys module, and I put a line like 
AuthUserFile /home/www-data/etc/passwd-stats
in my .htaccess, which refers to a real password file, I can authentic 
without problems.)

(User "ian" does of course exist ...).

Does anybody have this combination working (slink + libapache 
mod_auth_slink)?

Have I missed something obvious?

Or is this a bug?

I actually want to get this going with apache-ssl, but when that would 
not work, I tried it under vanilla apache with the same lack of 
success.

Thanks

Ian

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