Re: can't password protect a file but can a directory (Apache Users)

On Mar 20, 2012, at 5:42 AM, phil curb wrote:

I can't get b.htm to be password protected.

I can put directives AuthType, AuthName, AuthUserFile, Require.. In <directory..> and get the directory password protected.

But I want the directory to not be password protected, and for just a file (b.htm) to be password protected but i'm having no luck in my attempts

Please elaborate on "no luck". What happens, exactly? Are there error messages? (ie, in the error log, not in the browser.)

here are some extracts from my httpd.conf file

<Directory "C:/apachefiles">

#AuthUserFile "C:/Program Files/Apache Software #Foundation/Apache2.2/bin/pfile"
#AuthType Basic
#AuthName "My Secret Page"

   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

   AllowOverride None

   Order allow,deny
   Allow from all

</Directory>

<FilesMatch "^\.ht">
   Order allow,deny
   Deny from all
   Satisfy All
</FilesMatch>

<FilesMatch "b\.htm">
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Restricted Files"
AuthUserFile "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/bin/pfile"
Require user barny
</FilesMatch>

<Files "b.htm">
AuthType Basic
AuthName "My Secret Page"
AuthUserFile "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/bin/pfile"
Require user barny
</Files>

<Files "C:/apachefiles/b.htm">
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Restricted Files"
AuthUserFile "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/bin/pfile"
Require user barny
</Files>

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