.htaccess and HTTP auth.

pablodelapena

ARGH! is the simple way to put it.

I have created the password files using htpasswd and put them in the director c:/Program Files/EasyPHP1-7/apache/users/passwords.txt

Thatw a sno problem, I then created a .htaccess file to put into my protected directory (c:/Program Files/EasyPHP1-7/www/secure). This is what it contains.

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Secure folder"
AuthUserFile ../../apache/users/passwords.txt
Require user pablo

Now when i vist this secure directory the box pops up asking ym for my username and password, but when it ype them in it doesnt accept them and thorws the box back at me?! Im assuming you take the location of AuthUserFile relative to the .htaccess file calling for it? Why doesnt this work???

devinemke

i don't quite see what this has to do with PHP, but anyway:

from the Apache manual:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_auth.html#authuserfile

The AuthUserFile directive sets the name of a textual file containing the list of users and passwords for user authentication. File-path is the path to the user file. If it is not absolute (i.e., if it doesn't begin with a slash), it is treated as relative to the ServerRoot.

pablodelapena

thanks, I just sue this forum for all ym web related issues cause its the ebst I have found and people like yourself help me find the answers to ym quieries. Sorry if it breaks any rules!