On Dec 13, 2005, at 8:34 AM, Roland Drake wrote:
Dear List:
I recently read a tutorial about how to password protect a web site
using .htaccess. I followed the instructions as
outlined in the tutorial, but I was unable to encrypt my test
directory. According to the tutorial when you reach the
encrypted directory, it will prompt you for username and password.
When I tried to access this directory, there was no
prompt for a username and password. What could I be missing?
The article to which I am referring is at http://creativebits.org/
How_to_Password_Protect_websites_usinghtaccess .
By the way, I am running a Power Mac G4 with OS 10.4.2.
Does the .htaccess file have the right permissions? It needs to be
world-readable and executable.
do 'ls -l .htaccess' in the directory it's in.
It should look like:
-rwxr-xr-x <blah blah> .htaccess
If it doesn't, for example the permissions look like:
-rwxr--r--
do this command in the directory:
sudo chmod o+rx .htaccess
You'll be asked for your admin password, and then it'll work.
As a remote possibility, you might have to edit your apache
configuration file /etc/httpd/httpd.conf
But I doubt it...I didn't have to do that on my system. I'll play
with it later today, there's some stuff I'd like to protect on my
site, and I should have gotten around to it a long time ago.
--
Bruce Johnson
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