problem with mod_auth_mysql , apache 2.2

[jre]

Hi I am having a problem with using mod_auth_mysql with apache 2.2

I have managed to get authentication working but whenever anyone accesses the areas of the site which are protected the error log file is filled with

[error] Internal error: pcfg_openfile() called with NULL filename


The appropriate bits of the httpd.conf look like

#Stuff for Munit monitoring

ScriptAlias /monitoring/cgi "/usr/local/munin/var/www/cgi/"
Alias /monitoring "/usr/local/munin/var/www/"

<Directory /usr/local/munin/var/www/>
#mod_auth_mysql stuff

AuthName "xxxxx"
AuthType Basic
AuthBasicAuthoritative Off
AuthMySQLHost localhost
AuthMySQLDB http_auth
AuthMySQLPasswordField user_passwd
AuthMySQLUserTable http_auth_users
AuthMySqlUser xxxx
AuthMySqlPassword xxxx
AuthMySQLEnable On
AuthMySQLPwEncryption MD5
AuthMySQLAuthoritative On
require valid-user

</Directory>

<Directory /usr/local/munin/var/www/cgi>
AllowOverride none
Options ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
Order allow,deny
Allow from all



</Directory>


Anyone have any ideas why its giving this error message

Thanks

J.

[cyfdecyf]

Try to add the following in <Directory ...> ... </Directory>

AuthUserFile /dev/null

If that makes your authentication fail, then consider using apache 2.0.

When I am using apache 2.2.3, besides the message you got, I've also got the following

[error] [client 127.0.0.1] (9)Bad file descriptor: Could not open password file: (null)

My authentication doesn't work either. I've battled it for several days and at last solved this problem under windowz with xampp 1.5.0. Under Linux however, xampp doesn't contain the module and I have to compile the module by myself. And finally the problem was solved under Linux (I am not using FC so I don't have the precompiled module)

When I was googling this problem, I found there are many people with this problem and their configuration are almost the same. So I guess mod_auth_mysql works well with apache 2.0 but not apache 2.2. ( I even wasn't able to compile the module against apache 2.2, always have compile error) Maybe I am wrong.

[jre]

Your suggestion does stop the error messages and authentication still works.

I used an unofficial patch to mod_auth_mysql to get it to compile with apache 2.2.2.

Thanks for the help

J.

[cyfdecyf]

You are welcome.

And I am interested with the patch to make mod_auth_mysql work with apache 2.2, I will give it a try.

Is the patch you used from Andrew's diary? here