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Date:      Thu, 08 Mar 2001 15:36:05 -0800
From:      Drew Tomlinson <drewt@writeme.com>
To:        'Tony Wells' <awells@journalstar.com>, "'Gerald T. Freymann'" <gerry@eagle.ca>
Cc:        "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Apache Help (.htaccess)
Message-ID:  <BA5D0CE1CBB2D411B6AA00A0CC3F02390AF8C3@ldcmsx01.lc.ca.gov>
In-Reply-To: <3AA7E381.C9F6642D@journalstar.com>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Wells [mailto:awells@journalstar.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 11:55 AM
> To: Drew Tomlinson
> Cc: FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)
> Subject: Re: Apache Help (.htaccess)
>
>
> That page looks pretty complete.  Are you using an absolute path for
> your password file in your .htaccess?

Yes.  I'm expecting my browser to prompt me for a password whenever I
attempt to access a file in the protected directory.  This is what it's
supposed to do, right?

So assuming it is, my password file is /usr/local/etc/apache/password.  My
web data is in /usr/local/share/doc/apache/dir/protected.dir.  I have
created a file called .htaccess in protected.dir and used htpasswd to create
my password file.  I used the -c option for the first allowed user and then
dropped the -c to add addtional users.  So, here is my .htaccess file:

114 Blacksheep# cat .htaccess
AuthUserFile /usr/local/etc/apache/password
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Protected Directory"
AuthType Basic

<Limit GET POST PUT>
require user user1 user2
</Limit>

I've issued a kill -1 `cat /var/run/httpd.pid` to see if that would make the
password required.  It didn't.  I then rebooted my machine but that did not
help either.  Do you have any idea why this isn't working?

Thanks for your help!

Drew

> Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> >
> > I followed the directions at
> http://kb.indiana.edu/data/abeq.html?cust=2008
> > to password protect one of my web directories using a .htaccess and
> > corresponding password file but it is not working.  Does
> anyone have any
> > ideas on what I may have overlooked?  What can I post or
> where can I look to
> > help diagnose this problem.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Drew
> >
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