The only thing I can see that might be causing the problem is an $PHP_AUTH_USER or $PHP_AUTH_PW isn't being set.

Is it not letting you login after a fresh install, or have you made any changes to the code or added some addon or plugin to the wiki and then all the sudden you couldn't login?

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