> -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Slive [mailto:jslive@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 4:39 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Cannot Get Basic Auth to Work > > Depends on how your apache is compiled. Omitting this directive will > get you the default, which will probably work. But this is not your > current problem. If this directive was set incorrectly but everything > else was right, you'd get a message in the error.log. I am using binaries that I downloaded from the Apache site. > I was only referring to the AllowOverride line. The AuthName and > Require lines are essential. Are you reading the documentation on > these directives? Don't just take our word for it. If I read the docs and still cannot get it to work I have to trust somebody! Hey, I sure am not understanding it. > > > > Alias /o E:/ApacheGroup/Apache2/d/c/a > > > > <Directory /o> > > This is wrong. As I said, it needs to be <Directory > "E:/ApacheGroup/Apache2/d/c/a">. See: > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/sections.html#file-and-web > This is probably the cause of your central problem. And it would have > been easily noticed by others before if you hadn't obscured your > config file. If this is wrong then why is the proper web page showing up? Look at the ALIAS dir name. Isn't the <Directory name supposed to be that name? It is the way that I have everything else and they work. And, aside from not getting the auth dialog box, it works in that I get the proper web page. If I was getting an error or not getting the right page I would agree. Does that sound right? Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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