db0adbfc752f5593bf2b2e33b52c0c3551fb65e1
brianlee
  Thu Nov 7 10:15:18 2024 -0800
Add a CDW file download dependency on Apache mod_xsendfile, requested by Max 11/7/24

diff --git src/hg/cirm/cdw/README src/hg/cirm/cdw/README
index cdd6a7e..00d5703 100644
--- src/hg/cirm/cdw/README
+++ src/hg/cirm/cdw/README
@@ -99,30 +99,35 @@
 
 htpasswd passwordfile username
 
          htpasswd /etc/httpd/passwords -n bob
          New password:
          Re-type new password:
 
 A line like this will be added to /etc/httpd/passwords where that password is encrypted.
 bob:$apr1$Xd2b1SuY$T17QLQnFyaH1fQrcVjDjg0
 
 Once the user exists the Apache settings also have to be enabled feeding the
 authorization back into the site. Request the following edit to httpd.conf:
 
         SetEnvIf Authorization .+ HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$0
 
+There will be a File Download problem if the mod_xsendfile module is missing and not
+activated in Apache. Once installed mod_xsendfile will enable logged-in users
+to download files.
+
+
 
 COMMAND LINE USAGE
 
 SUBMITTING NEW DATA FILES
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 $ cdwSubmit 
 
 cdwSubmit - Submit URL with validated.txt to warehouse.
 usage:
    cdwSubmit email /path/to/manifest.tab meta.tag
 options:
    -update  If set, will update metadata on file it already has. The default behavior is to
             report an error if metadata doesn't match.
    -noRevalidate - if set don't run revalidator on update
    -md5=md5sum.txt Take list of file MD5s from output of md5sum command on list of files