[RESOLVED] htaccess directory protection problems

[deshg]

Hey everyone, how are you all doing today?

I am having some problems with some older htaccess files that i hope someone might be able to help me with.

I have a number of htaccess files in the following format:

AuthType Basic
AuthName "access"
AuthMYSQLhost localhost
AuthMYSQLuser username
AuthMySQLPassword password
AuthMySQLDB db
AuthMySQLUserTable UserTable
AuthMySQLNameField Username
AuthMySQLPasswordField Password
AuthMySQLGroupTable Membership
AuthMySQLGroupField Site
AuthMySQLEnable On
AuthMySQLPwEncryption none
require group sitename

I have been using these for ages to ensure only registered people can access the files within the containing folder with no problems, however all of a sudden i am getting an internal server error and i cannot work out why. I have an htaccess file in the root directory that redirects 'nice' urls to unclear ones which i have tried removing completely but sadly i still get the internal server error.

I just wanted to see if anyone had any idea why this might have happened (given it has been working perfectly for ages and i have not changed any of the related tables etc). Is there anything else that might have impaired/alterred this functionality?

If anyone has any ideas then they would be very much appreciated as i really am at a bit of a loss!

Thanks so much everyone,

Dave

[cahva]

Check the error log. It will give you the reason for that fault.

[deshg]

I think i win the stupid prize! Thanks very much for that, i have checked the logs and it's erroring on AuthMYSQLhost, i've checked the phpinfo and for some reason mod_auth_mysql doesn't appear to be installed any longer for some reason, which i'm pretty sure is required and has been installed for ages. I will get this installed and see if it works then and post the results.

Thanks so much for that, as i say stupid prize for me!

Dave

[deshg]

Thanks cahva, all sorted now, i'm just stupid! thanks