# Auth Problems with phpMyAdmin / Apache Proxy

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**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [August 2, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auth-problems-with-phpmyadmin-apache-proxy/192573 "2010-08-02T13:49:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dayo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Dayo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dayo)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 1:49pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auth-problems-with-phpmyadmin-apache-proxy/192573/1 "2010-08-02T13:49:33Z")

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Hi (just realised the other board does not post to the mailing list)

Setting up a Centos 5.5 VPS to run Nginx as a caching reverse proxy to  
Apache and it is all peaches and cream apart from an issue with  
authenticating into phpMyAdmin.

I have set up basic auth in Apache for requests to mysite/phpmyadmin as  
I don’t want people bypassing auth by going directly to http:/  
/mysite:apacheport/phpmyadmin

/phpMyAdmin is setup as an alias to the actual phpMyAdmin install  
directory ln Apache.

Now, requesting http:/ /mysite:apacheport/phpmyadmin works fine. However  
http:/ /mysite/phpmyadmin (i.e. via nginx), brings up the http auth  
dialog fine but always returns an “incorrect password” response.

Any clues on how to get it working? I don’t want to add a redirect to  
http:/ /mysite:apacheport/phpmyadmin under a /phpMyAdmin location in my  
Nginx conf if possible.

I am on Nginx 0.7.65

Thanks

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[Auth Problems with phpMyAdmin / Apache Proxy](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,115727,115727#msg-115727)**
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> Hi (just realised the other board does not post to the mailing list) Setting up a Centos 5.5 VPS to run Nginx as a caching reverse proxy to Apache and it is all peaches and cream apart from an issue with authenticating into phpMyAdmin. I have set up...

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**Author:** ![Dayo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Dayo](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Dayo)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/auth-problems-with-phpmyadmin-apache-proxy/192573/2 "2010-08-02T22:22:30Z")

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Finally got it working.

Changed my setup such that Apache only listened on internal IP 127.0.0.1  
and moved the auth process to Nginx.

I think (but didn’t verify) the behaviour I saw may have been because my  
htpasswd file had been created using only the -c flag and not -c -d.

Posted at Nginx Forum:

> **[Re: Auth Problems with phpMyAdmin / Apache Proxy](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,115727,115870#msg-115870)**
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> Hi (just realised the other board does not post to the mailing list) Setting up a Centos 5.5 VPS to run Nginx as a caching reverse proxy to Apache and it is all peaches and cream apart from an issue with authenticating into phpMyAdmin. I have set up...