Re: .htaccess?

["Lóránd Erik" <lammmer80@gmail.com>]

It's working!!:))
the httpd.conf file is empty, but the /etc/apache2/sites-available/

default file had many-many configuration in it, i modified the:

<Directory /var/www/>
AllowOverrie All
.
.
.
</Directory>

and it works!!

thank you!!

2008/7/23 Bob Cox <debian-user@lists.bobcox.com>:

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 07:54:59 +0200, Lóránd Erik (lammmer80@gmail.com) wrote:

> Why doesn't .htaccess rules work, when i example write this in it:
>
> AuthUserFile /home/username/.htpasswd
> AuthGroupFile /dev/null
> AuthName "Private Area"
> AuthType Basic
> <Limit GET POST>
> require valid-user
> </Limit>
>
> i just want to secure a folder by password, on apache2 [i just installed it,
> it works, but i can still see the folder, and it doesn't ask for password, i
> have .htpasswd in username/.htpasswd]
>
> what am i missing?

Try it without the "<Limit GET POST>" etc.

All you should need is:

AuthUserFile /home/username/.htpasswd

AuthName "Private Area"
AuthType Basic

require valid-user

Please let us know if that helps.

--
Bob Cox.  Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK.
Registered user #445000 with the Linux Counter - http://counter.li.org/


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