Re: Protecting a Directory

[<jg6789@xxxxxxx>]

ok fixed the path. got a 401 error. made a new htpasswd file and worked. 
apparently the htpasswd tool was generating bogus encrypted passwd, server 
didnt understand. tried to use the apache htpasswd tool in bin folder but 
wont launch for some reason.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Drew Tomlinson" <drew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 1:59 PM
Subject: Re:  Protecting a Directory


> jg6789@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > according to php document root it is the path. htpasswd is not under 
> > root. it is under a folder in the alias folder. the question is when the 
> > htaccess AuthUserFile ooks for the htpasswd file is it looking in at the 
> > "alais" or the D:/ directory?
>
> It is looking for it here:
>
> xampp/htdocs/xxxx/.htpasswd
>
> Since this is a relative path, it's probably looking for this directory 
> relative to ServerRoot.  To avoid conflict, I suggest specifying a 
> complete path.
>
> HTH,
>
> Drew
>
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Covener" <covener@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 1:47 PM
> > Subject: Re:  Protecting a Directory
> >
> >
> > > > AuthUserFile xampp/htdocs/xxxx/.htpasswd
> > >
> > > Is that really a relative path?  Also, your passwords should not be
> > > under your DocumentRoot or any Aliases.
> > > --
> > > Eric Covener
> > > covener@xxxxxxxxx
>
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