Re: .htaccess help!

[Alexander Wallace <awallace@rwsoft-online.com>]

Thanks! I got it now, It was all a misunderstandig, but you helped me
clear it out...

Again, thanks! Gracias!

On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, alberto_rodriguez_lists@altavista.com wrote:

> 
> Well,
> 
> A example in .conf or .htaccess with only user authentification (no group):
> 
>      AuthType Basic
>      AuthName "Restricted Access"
>      AuthUserFile /home/web/etc/sdjhsfdi
>      Require valid-user
> 
> Just must be sure that Web-server (so the ID or GID of the WebServer 
> process) have access to the sdjhsfdi file for reading (and all tree just 
> before the file).
> 
> The sdjhsfdi file must be more or less so:
> 
> User1:PASSWD_CRYPTED
> User2:PASSWD_CRYPTED
> User3:PASSWD_CRYPTED
> ...
> 
> crypted just with crypt (use mkpasswd).
> Anyway i can always use the 'htpasswd' application which go with apache and 
> create password files asking for for a user, a passwd etc...
> 
> Seeya.
> 
> Note: sorry, i must learn so much english yet.
> 
> At 07:06 16/10/2001 -0500, Alexander Wallace wrote:
> >Hello there, I hope you can excuse my ignorance in these matters...
> >
> >In order to protect certain html dirs with a password, I was told by a
> >good member of this list to make sure that I had the mod_auth enabled in
> >httpd.conf. Which I do.
> >
> >Thend I was told that I need an .htaccess file which I created with
> >htpasswd in /home/myusername/.htaccess...
> >
> >But when i create the file and look for
> >http://www.myserver.com/~myusername i get:
> >
> >Internal Server Error
> >The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was
> >unable to complete your request...
> >
> >Can someone give me a hand here as to what i'm missing?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >
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