Apache suddenly rejects localhost

[Net Llama!]

Did you change /etc/hosts ?

On 06/15/03 09:30, Joel Hammer wrote:

> I have been using apache for several, years, recently upgraded to 1.3
> or whatever (the most recent version.) All has been working fine.
> 
> I have one password protected directory with this configuration:
> 
> <Location /flags>
>         Order Deny,Allow
>         Deny from All
>         Allow from 192.168. school trusted.org
>         AuthType Basic
>         AuthName "Sorry-Members only"
>         AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/secret.users
>         require valid-user
> </Location> 
> 
> This has worked fine for several years.  Suddenly, while logging onto
> this page from the local host apache is running on, I was denied access
> with this error in the log:
> 
> [client 127.0.0.1] client denied by server configuration: /home/httpd/html/flags
> 
> I fixed this problem by adding localhost to the Location
> configuration. But, my obvious question, why now? Nothing had changed. I
> was able to log onto this page all morning but suddenly this error
> popped up.
> 

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