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Hi Hugo,

I am trying to enable authentication for our web server.
I tried both digest & basic authentication.
However the authentication is always failing.
I tested with Firefox 2.6.11(linux) & curl

My virtual host configuration

VirtualHost {
	RequiredBinding = HTTP
	Hostname = www.my-domain.com
	WebsiteRoot = home/praseed/webdmn/www/hiawatha
	UseFastCGI = FCGI1
	TimeForCGI = 20
	UseToolkit = to_fcgi
        PasswordFile = basic:/home/praseed/webdmn/auth/.digest
}

The /home/praseed/webdmn/auth/.digest file
is

test:test

Curl with "curl -u test:test" returned 401 error & firefox kept prompting for user name/paswword.
The same thing happened with digest authentication too, I created the digest password using htdigest.

BTW digest authentication was working for me with hiawatha 6.14.1.
Please help me figure out the problem

Thanks
Praseed
Hiawatha version: 7.6
Operating System: linux

The content of the .digest file is not correct. Use the Wigwam tool to create the content: use the -b flag for Basic HTTP authentication and the -d flag for Digest HTTP authentication.

Oh.. let me try that.
BTW is this a recent change?
I remember creating digest password using htpasswd & later using htdigest

This is since version 7.5.

Thanks Hugo

basic authentication worked for me.
However i couldn't get digest authentication work for me.
Wondering whether its some thing to do with "realm".
Practically what does realm mean here in digest authentication?

Thanks
Praseed

The realm should be equal to the LoginMessage text.

I have no idea about the reason for a 'realm' in the digest authentication scheme. I didn't invent it

However due to some reason digest authentication is not working for me

I can assure you, it works. Create a passwordfile entry with wigwam -d. Use PasswordFile to tell Hiawatha where to find that passwordfile. Take a look at the error logfiles. For example, is Hiawatha able to read the passwordfile?