I've definitely already been checking /var/log/auth.log, and haven't been able to discern the problem; but I'll duplicate your testcase in my environment to see if it works correctly for me, and then do a binary-search from there.
Thanks for your responsiveness, and sorry for my delay in getting back to you. ~jonathon On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 2:05 AM, Christos Trochalakis <yati...@ideopolis.gr> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 02:45:48AM +0000, Jonathon Anderson wrote: >> >> Package: nginx-extras >> Version: 1.6.2-5 >> Severity: normal >> >> Dear Maintainer, >> >> * What led up to the situation? >> >> I recently upgraded to debian 8 and, after doing so, realized that >> auth_pam in nginx no longer >> prompted me for a password to edit my internal wiki. I noticed that >> auth_pam appears to have >> been moved to nginx-extras, so I installed that (replacing nginx-full) but >> the problem persists. >> >> * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or >> ineffective)? >> >> I've checked my config, and can't find anything wrong with it. I've added >> allow/deny rules for >> the time being, and those have successfully isolated access to my IP for >> now. >> >> I thought that perhaps the default for auth_pam_service_name had changed, >> so I set it explicitly, >> but to no avail. >> >> ldd reveals that nginx *is* linked against pam. nginx -V reveals >> >> --add-module=/tmp/buildd/nginx-1.6.2/debian/modules/nginx-auth-pam >> >> * What was the outcome of this action? >> >> Navigating to a path protected by this config: >> >> location /auth >> { >> auth_pam "example.net"; >> auth_pam_service_name "nginx"; >> include fastcgi_params; >> fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/fcgiwrap.socket; >> fastcgi_index ikiwiki.cgi; >> fastcgi_param REMOTE_USER $remote_user; >> } >> >> Does not prompt for any username or password. >> >> * What outcome did you expect instead? >> >> I expect it to prompt for a username and password. >> >> >> -- System Information: > > > Hello Jonathon, > > I am not able to reproduce your case, here is my setup: > > # grep /private -A 4 /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/reprepro > location /private { > auth_pam "example"; > auth_pam_service_name "nginx"; > proxy_pass http://IP/; > } > > # cat /etc/pam.d/nginx > > auth required pam_permit.so > account required pam_permit.so > > # curl -o /dev/null -v localhost/private/resource > * Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1) port 80 (#0) >> >> GET /private/resource HTTP/1.1 >> User-Agent: curl/7.38.0 >> Host: localhost >> Accept: */* >> > < HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized > * Server nginx/1.6.2 is not blacklisted > < Server: nginx/1.6.2 > < Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 07:49:22 GMT > < Content-Type: text/html > < Content-Length: 194 > < Connection: keep-alive > < WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="example" > < > { [data not shown] > * Connection #0 to host localhost left intact > > # curl -o /dev/null -v localhost/private/resource -u username:pass > * Connected to localhost (127.0.0.1) port 80 (#0) > * Server auth using Basic with user 'username' >> >> GET /private/resource HTTP/1.1 >> Authorization: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzcw== >> User-Agent: curl/7.38.0 >> Host: localhost >> Accept: */* >> > < HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found > * Server nginx/1.6.2 is not blacklisted > < Server: nginx/1.6.2 > < Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2015 07:49:29 GMT > < Content-Type: text/html > < Content-Length: 168 > < Connection: keep-alive > < > { [data not shown] > * Connection #0 to host localhost left intact > > # nginx -V > nginx version: nginx/1.6.2 > ... > > > I am getting a 401 ana a 'WWW-Authenticate' header on the first > request which is valid. Perhaps there is something else going on with your > setup. You could also check /var/log/auth.log for relevant messages. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org