fixing xampp security checkapache no such file or directory workaround

There is a bug in the XAMPP installation security tool for Mac.

Seems like they changed the xampp tools from XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/xampp to XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/dashboard and didn’t update the XAMPP/xamppfiles/share/xampp/checkapache file.

I noticed this when I ran the XAMPP/xamppfiles/xampp security utility and noticed it wasn’t making my xampp pages require a password from the browser.

Turns out the command line dumps the error out and I didn’t notice it. Here’s the output (note the “No such file or directory” messages):


sudo xamppfiles/xampp security
XAMPP: Quick security check...
XAMPP: Your XAMPP pages are NOT secured by a password.
XAMPP: Do you want to set a password? [yes] yes
XAMPP: Password:
XAMPP: Password (again):
/Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/share/xampp/checkapache: line 41: /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/xampp/.htaccess: No such file or directory
cp: /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/xampp/.htaccess: No such file or directory
cp: /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/xampp/.htaccess: No such file or directory
chmod: /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/xampp/.htaccess: No such file or directory
chmod: /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/webalizer/.htaccess: No such file or directory
chmod: /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/phpmyadmin/.htaccess: No such file or directory
XAMPP: Password protection active. Please use 'xampp' as user name!
XAMPP: MySQL is not accessable via network. Good.
XAMPP: MySQL has to run before I can check the security.
XAMPP: MySQL has to run before I can check the security.
XAMPP: MySQL has a root passwort set. Fine! :)
XAMPP: ProFTPD has a new FTP password. Great!
XAMPP: Do you want to change the password anyway? [no]
XAMPP: Done.


It’s easy to work around this.

I just created a soft link called xampp with points to the new dashboard directory. (Just in case, this all goes on one line in Terminal; which is where you’d discover this problem in the first place.)

ln -s /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/dashboard /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/htdocs/xampp

Now you can make the security changes and they will be made to dashboard directory by calling it xampp and it will work as expected.

sudo /Applications/XAMPP/xamppfiles/xampp security
Password:
XAMPP: Quick security check...
XAMPP: Your XAMPP pages are NOT secured by a password.
XAMPP: Do you want to set a password? [yes] yes
XAMPP: Password:
XAMPP: Password (again):
XAMPP: Password protection active. Please use 'xampp' as user name!
XAMPP: MySQL is not accessable via network. Good.
XAMPP: MySQL has a root passwort set. Fine! :)
XAMPP: ProFTPD has a new FTP password. Great!
XAMPP: Do you want to change the password anyway? [no]
XAMPP: Done.

No errors this time.

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Eric Holsinger is a software professional and photography enthusiast in Southern Maine. View all posts by eric