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Unbound
Unbound

Reputation: 345

How to upload a htaccess file with htpasswd?

I am trying to protect my directory with apache password protection, basically their is a subdirectory named reg in my /var/www folder. now, I have .htaccess in the /var/www/reg folder and the content is 

AuthUserFile /var/www/.htpasswd 
AuthName "Please Log In" 
AuthType Basic
require valid-user

and a .htpasswd file in /var/www folder and the content is xyz:AFm9t1CfobrkA but when I try to access the folder typing localhost/reg no pop up box appear asking for username and password. Where am I wrong?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 670

Answers (1)

Tomas
Tomas

Reputation: 59555

I have .htaccess file like this:

AuthUserFile /data/www/.../http-users
AuthType Basic
AuthName "private"

require user cf

And it works. What you could do:

  • Detect the possible cause by looking into the error log. In many cases you have access to it even on hosting environments

  • Make sure AllowOverride AuthConfig is set. You cannot set it in .htaccess, you must do it in the server configuration file. In a hosting environment, you have to ask your hosting provider.

  • Not very likely, but it could be the dot - try to rename the .htpasswd file to htpasswd

  • Its definitelly not caused by missing the <directory> container as noted in the discussion

Upvotes: 1

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