Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 12:47:29 +0100 From: Chris Roos <chris@seagul.co.uk> To: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apache 1.3 FreeBsd Port missing mod_auth_digest Message-ID: <42D650D1.4010609@seagul.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <6.1.0.6.2.20050714033219.11ed2bf0@cobalt.antimatter.net> References: <42D627B0.2080101@seagul.co.uk> <6.1.0.6.2.20050714033219.11ed2bf0@cobalt.antimatter.net>
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Glenn Dawson wrote: > At 01:52 AM 7/14/2005, Chris Roos wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm not entirely convinced this is the right place for this question >> as it may be an Apache issue rather than FreeBsd/Port issue. Either >> way, I thought I'd start here first. >> >> I've been running Apache 1.3 from the ports on FreeBsd 5.3R for quite >> a while. I've even been running it with mod_digest to provide some >> basic password protection. Unfortunately mod_digest doesn't work with >> IE. This hasn't really been a problem until now. Now that it is an >> issue I've been looking to enable mod_auth_digest in place of >> mod_digest as this should work with IE too. The problem is that I >> cannot find any reference of it in my install or in any of the patches >> applied to the Apache 1.3 port; as far as I can tell mod_auth_digest >> is nowhere to be found on my install. I've also been trying to google >> for similar reports of this problem but currently to no avail. >> >> Does anyone have any information on this? It could well be the case >> that I'm missing something obvious that I just don't know about so any >> pointers to other resources I might check would also be appreciated. > > > According to this: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_auth_digest.html > if you have 1.3.8 or later the files required are included with the rest > of apache. They also list it as experimental. > > Building it into apache should be as easy as adding the correct options > to CONFIGURE_ARGS > > -Glenn > Ok. I had already seen the apache page detailing the fact that it should already be available in the Apache distribution since 1.3.8, which is why I was confused when I couldn't find it. The problem I have now is how would I find out what options are available to be added to CONFIGURE_ARGS? Is this something I would find somewhere in the ports info or in the Apache docs? Thanks for your help, Chris
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