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[Ronny]

Hello.
I get the following message in my admin area. I have set up a htaccess file in my domain admin and made it writable.
Can anyone tell my how to get thi security issue out of the way?

Sincerely
Ronny

Additional Protection With htaccess/htpasswd
This osCommerce Online Merchant Administration Tool installation is not additionally secured through htaccess/htpasswd means.
Enabling the htaccess/htpasswd security layer will automatically store administrator username and passwords in a htpasswd file when updating administrator password records.
Please note, if this additional security layer is enabled and you can no longer access the Administration Tool, please make the following changes and consult your hosting provider to enable htaccess/htpasswd protection:
1. Edit this file:

/hsphere/local/home/webtask/shop.eterya.com/AdminRonny/.htaccess
Remove the following lines if they exist:
##### OSCOMMERCE ADMIN PROTECTION - BEGIN #####
AuthType Basic
AuthName "osCommerce Online Merchant Administration Tool"
AuthUserFile /hsphere/local/home/webtask/shop.eterya.com/AdminRonny/.htpasswd_oscommerce
Require valid-user
##### OSCOMMERCE ADMIN PROTECTION - END #####
2. Delete this file:

/hsphere/local/home/webtask/shop.eterya.com/AdminRonny/.htpasswd_oscommerce

[MrPhil]

Just use your hosting control panel's "Add Password Protection" to the admin directory. Don't fool around with manually editing .htaccess and related files (e.g., .htpasswd) unless you have absolutely no other way to set this up.

[Ronny]

Thats just what I did. Still get this message. And I even deleted htpasswd_oscommerce:

Additional Protection With htaccess/htpasswd
This osCommerce Online Merchant Administration Tool installation is not additionally secured through htaccess/htpasswd means.
The following files need to be writable by the web server to enable the htaccess/htpasswd security layer:

• /hsphere/local/home/webtask/shop.eterya.com/AdminRonny/.htaccess
  
• /hsphere/local/home/webtask/shop.eterya.com/AdminRonny/.htpasswd_oscommerce

Reload this page to confirm if the correct file permissions have been set.

Edited by Ronny, Today, 03:42 PM.