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> > I am trying to password protect a sub directory within the web space of a > > domain that is serving site statistics of awstats generated pages. The path > > to the dir is /home/user1/www/awstats. When testing, I am able to get a > > username and password prompt for the front page of the site, i.e. for > > www.mydomain.com, when I place the .htaccess file in www. But I can't get a > > functional prompt for www.mydomain.com/awstats when I place the .htaccess in > > the awstats dir. The login box comes up but it won't accept my username > > password combo, even though it will accept it when I have the same .htaccess > > file in the www dir. > > See: > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/htaccess.html > > Your problem is that you don't have AllowOverride set correctly for > the relevant directory. But beyond that, you probably don't want to be > using .htaccess at all. Just put the directives in the relevant > <Directory> section in httpd.conf. > > Joshua. Thanks Joshua, I read the above DOC you posted thanks. Just to clarify, do you reccomend that I use the <Directory> method in the main httpd.conf fileas described in the above, instead ot .htaccess? Express yourself wherever you are. Mobilize! |
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