Hi, I get a pure and simple 404, nothing else !!! Warm Regards, Mário Gamito On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Frank Gingras <francois.gingras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Mario, > > What does the error log say, exactly? > > Mário Gamito wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to protect a directory, something I've done countless times >> before. >> >> Now, instead of appearing the dialog with the login and password >> boxes, I get a 404 !!! >> >> Here's my files: >> >> >> .htaccess: >> >> AuthType Basic >> AuthName imgs >> AuthUserFile /home/absinto/public_html/imgs/.htpasswd >> require valid-user >> >> >> .htpasswd: >> >> imgs:6TFsHlTQhms6Q >> >> >> Would you be so kind to try: >> >> http://www.absinto.org/imgs/ >> >> or >> >> http://www.absinto.org/imgs/firefox.png >> >> The login and the password are both "imgs" (without the quotes). >> >> This boggles me! >> >> As a last note, I have no access to the Apache configuration file. >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Warm Regards, >> Mário Gamito >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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