When accessing the phpMyAdmin link (mydomain.com/phpMyAdmin/), I am being prompted with a BasicAuth pop-up.
The phpMyAdmin/config.inc.php does not overwrite any defaults, therefore the config.default.php is used, which has auth_type set as cookie.
$cfg['Servers'][$i]['auth_type'] = 'cookie';
There's no .htaccess file in my phpMyAdmin, nor an entry in httpd.conf pointing to the phpMyAdmin folder.
The overall Directory entry in httpd.conf looks like this:
<Directory "/var/www/home">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
If I add a .htpasswd inside the phpMyAdmin folder, entering the there stored user and password lets me get to the phpMyAdmin page.
The thing is that I would like to have a single .htpasswd outside the www folder, however even if I add a .htaccess file pointing to the outside .htpasswd file, it's still asking me for the user/pass from the inside-phpMyAdmin .htpasswd file.
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Authentication Required"
AuthUserFile "/etc/htpasswd/.htpasswd"
Require valid-user
Creating a new empty folder, say phpMyAdmin2, .htaccess works as expected for that folder. Thus I suppose it has something to do with phpMyAdmin?!
Why when accessing the phpMyAdmin link I am prompted for a BasicAuth? How can I find where is that configured?
