> > > On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 23:18:36 -0700, Derrick Ryalls wrote > > > can somebody explain to me how to create a .htpasswd > > > password? I dont want to use online password generators. > > > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/howto/auth.html > > > > okay thanks, > > OS: FreeBSD 4.8 > Apache: 1.3.27 > > but I am having the strangest issue with my .htaccess file > > --- snip --- > > AuthName "Protected Area Name" > AuthUserFile /usr/local/www/data/phpMyAdmin/.htpasswd > AuthType Basic > Require user noah > > --- snip --- > > shell# htpasswd -c .htpasswd noah > New password: > Re-type new password: > Adding password for user noah > > okay so I have the proper files in place. > > shell# ls -l .ht* > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 121 Jul 13 23:36 .htaccess > -rw-r----- 1 root wheel 19 Jul 13 23:33 .htpasswd > shell# pwd > /usr/local/www/data/phpMyAdmin > > my browser asks for a password but I never get allowed past > the password popup. >
I assume you have that directory marked in your httpd.conf. Apache recommends putting all the config stuff that would go in .htaccess in httpd.conf if you are the admin. I believe that htaccess stuff is the same for 1.3.x and 2.x, so here is what I have on a 2.x system: <Directory /usr/local/www/data/patches> AuthType Basic AuthName "Clan Files" AuthUserFile /usr/local/www/passwords Require user fishhead </Directory> Note: my password file is not in a web publishable area, doesn't need to be and was created from the link above. So try using this method and doing a apachectl restart and see if it fixes it for you. -Derrick _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"