On 2006-10-13, Lutz Richter <lutz.richter@snafu.de> wrote:
> [Fri Oct 13 12:22:05 2006] [error] Internal error: pcfg_openfile() called
> with NULL filename
> [Fri Oct 13 12:22:05 2006] [error] [client 87.123.40.16] (9)Bad file
> descriptor: Could not open password file: (null)
>
> is in the error_log, the passwortfile is definitiv in the given directory

A quick search on Google with the error message returned this:

<quote>
In Apache 2.2, the mod_auth_basic module is now set to authoritative,
and must be disabled. This is done in the authentication section of the
configuration file by adding the line :

AuthBasicAuthoritative Off
</quote>

see if doing so fix your problem.

Davide

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