.htaccess popup

[Anon]

I know this doesn\'t actually belong here, sorry. But it seems the topic pops up every now and then and I\'m stuck, so...

I\'m trying to set up a password protected directory in Apache server (running on Win2K). The problem is that I don\'t get the prompt to enter username and password, when I try to access the directory from a browser, I just get \"Forbidden\" message.

.htaccess file looks like this:

AuthName \"Test\"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile htdocs/.htpasswd
require valid-user

What\'s going wrong? Something I\'ve overlooked httpd -file? I\'ve changed the line AllowOverride None to AllowOverride AuthConfig, is there something else I should change?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[kjreid]

Try reversing the lines 'AuthType' and 'AuthName' -

AuthType Basic
AuthName "My realm"
AuthUserFile etc etc

Cheers,
K.

[Anon]

Tried that, didn\'t help. When they are reversed, I get full access to the directory, when they aren\'t reversed I don\'t have access there at all. No password popup anywhere in sight. Seems to be an either - or thing for me... :/

[kjreid]

The only other things I can think of:

• htdocs should be /htdocs or /var/htdocs, otherwise the .htaccess file will try and load the password file from currentdirectory/htdocs/passwordfile

[Anon]

Still not working, now I just get Forbidden message everytime. :/ But thanks anyway.