mods-available load script missing, and when loaded module does not work at all

[Joshua Randall]

Binary package hint: libapache2-mod-auth-openid

There should be a file /etc/apache2/mods-available/authopenid.load included in the package, in order to allow "a2enmod authopenid" to work (as indicated in the package README.Debian).

If this file is manually created, the module loads, but open attempting the simplest example, I get the following [crit] message in the apache error log:
"configuration error: couldn't check user. Check your authn provider!"

I have now downloaded and compiled the module myself, and it works fine, so this appears to be a problem specific to this package.

[netAction (launchpad-netaction)]

Same in Debian Squeeze.

[netAction (launchpad-netaction)]

Workaround:

As you said you need to load the module:
# cat /etc/apache2/mods-available/auth_openid.load
LoadModule authopenid_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_auth_openid.so

Enable it:
# cd /etc/apache2/mods-enabled
# ln -s ../mods-available/auth_openid.load .

Use this in your Apache Directive:
AuthOpenIDEnabled On
AuthType OpenID

Restart Apache:
# apache2ctl restart

Now you should see the OpenID login screen on your webpage.

In PHP the user name is here:
echo $_SERVER['REMOTE_USER'];

If you want to give access to special users as you are used to do with "require user alice bob" do this:
http://findingscience.com/mod_auth_openid/authuserprogram.html

[keppla (keppla)]

The proposed workaround does not seem to work for me, same error in /var/log/apache2/error.log "configuration error: couldn't check user. Check your authn provider!"