htaccess woes

[kenwardc]

Hi All

My first post to this forum so be gentle! ;-)

Have just installed a new Linux Red Hat server and am trying to
protect the phpMyAdmin folder with .htaccess. Having trouble and
wanted to know if there were any experts out there!

1. I go to the folder I wish to protect
2. I type htpasswd -c htaccess username
3. I am prompted for the password and the retype
4. File appears to save OK.

If I then try to access that folder I get the web page straight away.
Most frustrating - I was expecting it to as for a password.

Any help gratefully accepted.

Regards
Chris



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