Can anyone help with .htaccess? - (a little off topic)Can anyone help with .htaccess
Hello,
I know this might be a little off topic however I didn't know where to ask.
I'm trying to set up a password protected directory,using htaccess
my .htaccess file looks like
AuthUserFile /home/jamesm/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName Protected
AuthType Basic
<Limit GET>
require valid-user
</Limit>
and my .htpasswd file looks like
this
test:test
When Igo to the directory that I wanted to protect it works I get prompt for a user name and password however my problem is its not letting me in using test for user name and password I tried changing the .htpassword file and create other user ids however they didn't work either could anyone help?
I'm using Red Hat Linux if that helps
thanks in advance.
John Pollock posted this at 19:52 — 25th May 1999.
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I think you have to create the username and password through telnet.
Upload a blank .htpasswd file, and then try this via telnet to your server:
For the first user, try this command (make sure the paths are correct for your system):
/usr/sbin/htpasswd -c /home/jamesm/.htpasswd
To add additional users, use this:
/usr/sbin/htpasswd /home/jamesm/.htpasswd
Hopefully that will get it working for you.
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fairhousing posted this at 21:49 — 25th May 1999.
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tazman posted this at 20:23 — 18th June 1999.
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There's a web site at:
http://www.apacheweek.com/features/userauth
It walks you thru the various scenarios to do this.
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