[Diego8]

I have been searching for password protecting an entire directory in my web site and found that i could do that using two files: .htaccess and .htpasswd
The problem i have is that i can't access the directory using the user and password i made up. I mean, the little window asking for the user and pwd keeps showing up.
Am i doing something wrong or is it that the server does not allow doing this?
Any help would be appreciated.

Here are both my .htaccess and .htpasswd files.

.htaccess file:

AuthUserFile /pass/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Restricted Access"
AuthType Basic

<Limit GET>
require user test
</Limit>

.htpasswd file:

test:rHkJ3JtI2pi4.


The password is 1234 and the encryption was made at http://awtrey.com/software/htpass.php

Edited by Diego8, 19 November 2006 - 08:29 PM.

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I have been searching for password protecting an entire directory in my web site and found that i could do that using two files: .htaccess and .htpasswd
The problem i have is that i can't access the directory using the user and password i made up. I mean, the little window asking for the user and pwd keeps showing up.
Am i doing something wrong or is it that the server does not allow doing this?
Any help would be appreciated.

Here are both my .htaccess and .htpasswd files.

.htaccess file:

AuthUserFile /pass/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Restricted Access"
AuthType Basic

<Limit GET>
require user test
</Limit>

.htpasswd file:

test:rHkJ3JtI2pi4.


The password is 1234 and the encryption was made at http://awtrey.com/software/htpass.php

is the .htpasswd actuall in the /pass folder? If not you need to edit the files location in the .htaccess file.

[DKasler]

I have been searching for password protecting an entire directory in my web site and found that i could do that using two files: .htaccess and .htpasswd
The problem i have is that i can't access the directory using the user and password i made up. I mean, the little window asking for the user and pwd keeps showing up.
Am i doing something wrong or is it that the server does not allow doing this?
Any help would be appreciated.

Here are both my .htaccess and .htpasswd files.

.htaccess file:

AuthUserFile /pass/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Restricted Access"
AuthType Basic

<Limit GET>
require user test
</Limit>

.htpasswd file:

test:rHkJ3JtI2pi4.


The password is 1234 and the encryption was made at http://awtrey.com/software/htpass.php

is the .htpasswd actuall in the /pass folder? If not you need to edit the files location in the .htaccess file.

[Diego8]

Today i talked with the person who owns the server and could solve the issue. The problem was that the route to reach the .htpasswd was not correct.

Edited by Diego8, 20 November 2006 - 07:36 PM.

[DKasler]

Today i talked with the person who owns the server and could solve the issue. The problem was that the route to reach the .htpasswd was not correct.

Thats what I figured. Glad you got it working.