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[guiness]

OK, I've been on this for two hours and have gone through the million pages in the forum on it. So what am I doing wrong? I'm set up local on winxp pro, running latest apache/php versions with OSC 2.2-

inside my admin folder-
htaccess:
AuthUserFile /apache/htdocs/.htpasswd
AuthName Admin
AuthType Basic
<Limit GET POST>
require user king
</Limit>

outside my admin folder-
htpasswd:
king:guf0jyb38NlK

I'm not presented with an access box... just goes straight to page. Any ideas?

[hobbzilla]

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I'm set up local on winxp pro...
AuthUserFile /apache/htdocs/.htpasswd  

Wow! XP sure must have changes since Win2k.  I still have to use directory letters (ie. C:/program files/apache group/apache2/htdocs/.htpasswd) to access my files.. I would much rather use the unix style though.. I guess I'll have to upgrade!  :wink:

Try something like this:
=========================
AuthUserFile c:/Passwords/.htpasswd
AuthName "Localhost's Administration"
AuthType Basic
<Limit GET POST>
require valid-user
</Limit>
=========================

**NOTE** Storing your .htpasswd in htdocs is obsolutely CARELESS.  Think about it.

[guiness]

I'll give it a try. Thanks

Yah, my password file will not reside in the web area when it's uploaded. I figure I need to get it working first....

[guiness]

OK, set up "passwords" folder and made changes to .htaccess.

Still opens page without requesting  user/pass. My Apache install is all default, is there something there I need to be looking at?

[hobbzilla]

Make sure in httpd.conf you set:

AllowOverride All

[hobbzilla]

Don't forget to RESTART Apache after editing httpd.conf.  You must do this upon any changes to httpd.conf , php.ini , showering,  etc.

[guiness]

OK, maybe this is it. Am I at the right place?

<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
</Directory>


it should read?
<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride ALL
</Directory>

[guiness]

actually I'm finding more instances of "allow overide none"....

[guiness]

OK, got it.

The allowoveride none was a stand alone line. Changed it to ALL and all is good. Thanks! I must have tried every single possible combination of peoples ideas on this one.