phpmyadmin : how to fix the warning

**satimis** · 04-25-2009

Hi folks,

Ubuntu 8.04
Apache2
phymyadmin

On running;

# apache2ctl -t

Code:

[Sat Apr 25 07:57:02 2009] [warn] The Alias directive in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/400-phpmyadmin at line 3 will probably never match because it overlaps an earlier Alias.
Syntax OK

and

# /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

Code:

 * Reloading web server config apache2                                                 [Sat Apr 25 07:57:11 2009] [warn] The Alias directive in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/400-phpmyadmin at line 3 will probably never match because it overlaps an earlier Alias.
                                                                                [ OK ]

A warning popup.

# cat /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/400-phpmyadmin

Code:

# phpMyAdmin default Apache configuration

Alias /phpmyadmin /usr/share/phpmyadmin

<Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        DirectoryIndex index.php

        # Authorize for setup
        <Files setup.php>
            # For Apache 1.3 and 2.0
            <IfModule mod_auth.c>
                AuthType Basic
                AuthName "phpMyAdmin Setup"
                AuthUserFile /etc/phpmyadmin/htpasswd.setup
            </IfModule>
            # For Apache 2.2
            <IfModule mod_authn_file.c>
                AuthType Basic
                AuthName "phpMyAdmin Setup"
                AuthUserFile /etc/phpmyadmin/htpasswd.setup
            </IfModule>
            Require valid-user
        </Files>
        <IfModule mod_php4.c>
                AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

                php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
                php_flag track_vars On
                php_flag register_globals Off
                php_value include_path .
        </IfModule>
        <IfModule mod_php5.c>
                AddType application/x-httpd-php .php

                php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
                php_flag track_vars On
                php_flag register_globals Off
                php_value include_path .
        </IfModule>
</Directory>

However it doesn't affect running phymyadmin. On the web browser of a remote machine;

http://domain.com/phpmyadmin

can start the login page and login.

Please advise where shall I check? How to fix the warning? TIA

B.R.
satimis

**ranged** · 05-01-2009

Hi Satimis,

Can you check your httpd.conf and look for an alias /phpmyadmin ?

It says on the warning message that "it overlaps an earlier Alias."

Try to locate and comment it out and let see if the warning will stop.

---
Best Regards,
Ranged
Jr. Linux Administrator

**satimis** · 05-01-2009

Hi Ranged,

On checking the notes;

First I ran;
ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/squirrelmail /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/500-squirrelmail

# vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/squirrelmail
comment out following line;
#Alias /squirrelmail /usr/share/squirrelmail

make following change;
DocumentRoot /usr/share/squirrelmail (uncomment)
ServerName vz2.satimis.com (uncomment and change servername)

# apache2ctl -t

Code:

Syntax OK

# /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

Code:

 * Reloading web server config apache2                           [ OK ]

There is no problem.

Then I further proceed;

# ln -s /etc/apache2/sites-available/phpmyadmin /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/400-phpmyadmin

# apache2ctl -t

Code:

[Sat Apr 25 06:43:26 2009] [warn] The Alias directive in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/400-phpmyadmin at line 3 will probably never match because it overlaps an earlier Alias.
Syntax OK

# /etc/init.d/apache2 reload

Code:

 * Reloading web server config apache2                                           [Sat Apr 25 06:44:02 2009] [warn] The Alias directive in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/400-phpmyadmin at line 3 will probably never match because it overlaps an earlier Alias.
                                                                          [ OK ]

Warning popup.

Originally Posted by ranged

Can you check your httpd.conf and look for an alias /phpmyadmin ?

It says on the warning message that "it overlaps an earlier Alias."

Try to locate and comment it out and let see if the warning will stop.

/etc/apache2/httpd.conf is an empty file. On which file shall I copy content on it? TIA

B.R.
satimis

***elija*** · 05-04-2009

On some distros that file can be found at /etc/httpd/httpd.conf

**satimis** · 05-04-2009

Originally Posted by elija

On some distros that file can be found at /etc/httpd/httpd.conf

# find / -name httpd -type d
No printout

/# locate httpd.conf

Code:

/etc/apache2/httpd.conf
/etc/phpmyadmin/lighttpd.conf

# cat /etc/phpmyadmin/lighttpd.conf

Code:

alias.url += ( 
	"/phpmyadmin" => "/usr/share/phpmyadmin",
)

$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/phpmyadmin/scripts/setup.php" {
	auth.backend = "plain"
	auth.backend.plain.userfile = "/etc/phpmyadmin/htpasswd.setup"
	auth.require = (
		"/" => (
			"method" => "basic",
			"realm" => "phpMyAdmin Setup",
			"require" => "valid-user"
		)
	)
}

B.R.
satimis

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