I've set up a lock...and I don't know how...

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bwv2
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I've set up a lock...and I don't know how...

Post by bwv2 »

This would be a little embarassing if I knew what the hell I was doing. But I don't. So I'm fine.

I'm new to server management, and I'm attempting to configure and run my own dedicated server. It's tough. So I was trying to figure out how to make the FTP work (it still doesn't, by the way), and I accidentally set up some kind of restriction so that nobody has access to my website. When you type in my domain name, you get a popup security window asking for username/password. The popup says "connect to blah.com" and has the user/password fields. If you hit "cancel", you get the white screen that says :

"Unauthorized
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Access is deined due to invalid credentials"

I can get in by using my server administration username/password, but of course, that doesn't help anyone but me.

I have gone into everything I can think of where there are permissions, and I can't for the life of me find anywhere that I can re-grant access to the site. Yeah, okay, have your laugh. Okay, now see if you can help me.

Thanks, can't wait to see how easy this is :)
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Re: I've set up a lock...and I don't know how...

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bwv2 wrote:This would be a little embarassing if I knew what the hell I was doing. But I don't. So I'm fine.
Nope, you're not fine. Otherwise you wouldn't post here...
bwv2 wrote: I accidentally set up some kind of restriction so that nobody has access to my website.
Assuming you're using Apache httpd.. Search your configuration files (httpd.conf, .htaccess) and remove lines with 'AuthType' directives...


Since this appears to be a live/production server i can only advise that you install a test server where you experiment... (eg: vmware server and microsoft virtualpc are available for free these days, so you can easily run a virtual machine.. Toy around with the settings... And restore to a working state..)
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Chris Corbyn
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Re: I've set up a lock...and I don't know how...

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timvw wrote:vmware server and microsoft virtualpc are available for free these days, so you can easily run a virtual machine..
If you run linux use UML instead. I can't get VMWare to run on my Celeron CPU.... well it runs, but it just sits there hoggin my CPU without actually booting.

UML runs almost as fast as the OS itself since there's no instruction translating or emulating going on really.
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