[Xymon] Restricting access to disable/acknowledge etc

[Neil Simmonds]

Hi Axel,

I double checked the old config and it had the second but not the first ifModule so I commented out the first and all is OK now.

I'm pretty new to Apache config so the help is much appreciated.

Thanks,
Neil.

P.S. Yes, it is Apache 2.4

-----Original Message-----
From: Axel Beckert <abe at deuxchevaux.org>
Sent: 27 February 2023 11:01
To: Neil Simmonds <Neil.Simmonds at studio.co.uk>
Cc: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] Restricting access to disable/acknowledge etc

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Hi Neil.

On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 10:54:54AM +0000, Neil Simmonds wrote:
> As far as I can see this is done through the <Directory
> "/usr/share/xymon/cgi-secure"> part of the httpd.conf (or on my new
> server Xymon.conf in /etc/httpd/conf.d )

Sounds fitting.

> I've got the conf set like the below which is the same as the working system, the /etc/xymon/ xymonpasswd file exists, is owned by apache user and had 64- permissions as required yet I'm not getting prompted for the password when I disable a test? Am I missing something?
[…]
>     <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
>         # Apache 2.4+
>         Require all granted
>     </IfModule>
>     <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
>         Order allow,deny
>         Allow from all
>     </IfModule>

I suspects that the above, especially the "Require all granted" (which is Apache-ish for "let everyone in") overrides the following:

>     <RequireAll>
[…]
>       Require valid-user
[…]
>     </RequireAll>

Just remove the two <IfModule> blocks and you're probably fine.
(Assuming that Apache 2.4.x is in use.)

                Kind regards, Axel
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