<Directory /MyDir> either doesn't match or is overridden by a later configuration section (including Location)? On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Steve Matzura <number6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 1 Feb 2015 12:25:52 -0500, you wrote: > >>Sounds like Satisfy has been set to "Any" somewhere previously. But in >>2.4, you should skip Order and Allow and just use Require. > > I commented out both those directives and restarted. Same thing. > Anyone can get in, and no username or password is asked for. > >>On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Steve Matzura <number6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Upon re-reading this message, I find there was something about which I >>> was extremely unclear and ambiguous. I said that the access to the >>> password-protected area wasn't working, but failed to specify just >>> what wasn't working. The problem is that Apache isn't asking for the >>> password, and letting anyone browse this directory. Sorry for having >>> inadvertently omitted this major piece of information. >>> >>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 13:23:06 -0500, you wrote: >>> >>>>I maintain a 2.2 server and am building a 2.4 one. I have a file in a >>>>sites-enabled directory containing all the directives I need to define >>>>security for my open and password-protected directories. There is an >>>>"include" directive in the master configuration file >>>>/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf. httpd -t tells me the syntax is OK. I know >>>>it's reading the included config file because there was an error in it >>>>which 'httpd -t' found and which I fixed. The open-access area works >>>>fine, but the password-protected one doesn't. Here's the "Directory" >>>>block for the non-working one, with pathnames replaced with the >>>>generic "MyDir": >>>> >>>><Directory /MyDir> >>>> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews >>>> AllowOverride None >>>> Order allow,deny >>>> allow from all >>>> AuthType Basic >>>> AuthName "My Area" >>>> AuthBasicProvider file >>>> AuthUserFile /MyDir/.htpasswd >>>> require valid-user >>>> </Directory> >>>> >>>>Any thoughts greatly appreciated, with my thanks in advance. >>>> >>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- Eric Covener covener@xxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx