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Subject: Re: .htaccess in subdir of /usr/home/<username>/public_html
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Noah said the following on 4/18/2004 9:15 PM:

>On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:27:04 -0400, Glenn Sieb wrote
>  
>
>>Heya Noah!
>>
>>Noah said the following on 4/18/2004 7:19 PM:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>-rw-r-----  1 <username>  <username>  21 Apr 18 16:09
>>>/usr/home/<username>/.htpasswd
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>Unless you're running Apache as <username>, then the .htaccess file 
>>needs to be world-readable..
>>
>>    
>>
>
>the .htaccess file was/is world-readable so that does not appear to be the
>issue.  I arrive at the subdir without any password prompt.
>
>any other ideas of what I need check.
>  
>

Well--looking at your cut there, it's owner & group readable only.

It'd look like: -rw-r--r-- if it were world readable, guy. Do this:

chmod 644 .htaccess

Glenn