htaccess woes

[MKlinke]

On Monday 26 July 2004 05:13, kenwardc wrote:
> 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
>
 
It sounds like you're putting the wrong file in the web site folder.  
Your setup should look something like below:

Regards,  Mike Klinke

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---- /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf -----

<Directory "/var/www/html/protected_directory">
        AllowOverride AuthConfig
        Order deny,allow
        Allow from all
</Directory>

 ---- end of httpd.conf ---



---- /etc/httpd/authorized_users (build with htpasswd)

user1:password
user2:password

----- end of authorized_users ---- 



----- /var/www/html/protected_directory/.htaccess -------

AuthName "Presentation"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile authorized_users
require valid-user
 
---- end of .htaccess ---


Double check all file/directory permissions to make sure they're 
readable.