Re: [users@httpd] Is there a way to let apache check resources (example AuthUserFile ) when the service starts?

> On 12 May 2021, at 10:55, Aiello, Pierfrancesco > wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > I just encountered a server where the AuthUserFile was not there, There's no such thing as *the* AuthUserFile. Authentication is delegated to the directory level, including where applicable to users via .hta

Re: [users@httpd] Is there a way to let apache check resources (example AuthUserFile ) when the service starts?

If the file isn't there, nobody can authenticate. I would think that to be by design. Nick On Wed, May 12, 2021 at 5:55 AM Aiello, Pierfrancesco < pierfrancesco.aie...@aperto.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > > I just encountered a server where the AuthUserFile was not there, but > apache did

[users@httpd] Is there a way to let apache check resources (example AuthUserFile ) when the service starts?

Hello everyone, I just encountered a server where the AuthUserFile was not there, but apache didn’t complain. I was expecting that the webserver would check whether the resources would be there/reachable at least once during the start. For example “does the file exists” or “is the endpoint reac