On Thu, 14 Apr 2005, Shashank Bhide wrote: > Craig Dunigan wrote: > >>What would I have to do, other than upgrade, to get .htaccess working? > > Hard to say, since you haven't told us yet what isn't working, and how it > > fails. :) > > I have setup a Virtual host on this server with the .htacess permission > on one of its sub directories (docs/) > > This is how I proceeded to have .htaccess working: > > 1. htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/conf/.htpasswd username > 2. Entered the passwd when prompted > 3. Created a .htaccess under "docs" directory > > contents of .htaccess > AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/.htpasswd > AuthGroupFile /dev/null > AuthName EnterPassword > AuthType Basic > require user username > > 4. Edited httpd.conf file to include this directive > <Directory /path/to/docs > > AllowOverride AuthConfig > </Directory> > > When I restart apache after making the changes, and try to get to the > docs directory, I get the default index.php page. There is no error > logged in the error logs either! > > Thanks, > Shashank > Since this sounds like a default RedHat install, I assume the necessary AddModule/LoadModule statements are in httpd.conf? If they are, then make sure the Apache user has privileges to the .htpasswd file. Craig --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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