Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2000 18:23:18 -0500 (EST) From: Omachonu Ogali <oogali@intranova.net> To: Sarton O'Brien <roguetr@patho.gen.nz> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Apache Basic Authentication Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004011819010.19816-100000@hydrant.intranova.net> In-Reply-To: <38E59B78.89E7BE31@patho.gen.nz>
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One, this isn't a FreeBSD-specific question so it needs not be on this
list, two, your .htaccess should look like this:
-- snip --
<Location /path/to/things/to/protected>
<Limit GET POST>
order allow,deny
allow from all
require valid-user
</Limit>
</Location>
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /usr/home/roguetr/public_html/etc/htpasswd.users
AuthName "Sammy.quicksilver.net.nz"
-- snip --
On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Sarton O'Brien wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> This probably isn't the place to ask this, I apologise if so.
>
> I am trying to enable Basic Authentication on a directory.
> The .htaccess file reads:
>
> AuthType Basic
> AuthUserFile /usr/home/roguetr/public_html/etc/htpasswd.users
> AuthName "Sammy.quicksilver.net.nz"
> require valid-user
>
> The htpasswd.users file was created using htpasswd.
>
> These files are replicas (except for the specified file locations) of a
> setup that works. In these circumstances however, nothing seems to
> happen.
>
> Apache is 1.3.11 with php4 compiled in. I have seen at least 3 types of
> auth mod in the conf file. Everything else seems to work fine so I'm
> assuming it has something to do with the way I'm trying to enable it
> rather than a problem with the server.
>
> Could any replies please be CCed to this address. Thanks for any help.
> This mailing list is a life saver.
>
> Sarton O'Brien
>
>
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