Thanks for the help but I have been a complete
divvy. Apache was not stopping/starting properly.
I was using apachectl restart but saying:
/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart: httpd not running, trying to start
/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart: httpd started
but an error in the error log was saying could not bind to port 80,
already in use. so apache was never being restarted for my changes
to take effect. Got it going now.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Thomas McLaughlin
> Sent: 28 March 2001 11:18
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [scottish] cant get .htaccess to work
>
>
> from my httpd.config:
> DocumentRoot "/home/httpd/html"
> <VirtualHost intranet>
> ServerName intranet
> DocumentRoot /home/httpd/html/intranet
> .......
>
> I have just set up a test dir as below:
> /home/httpd/html/intranet/DOCS/protected
> with the .htaccess file under this as follows:
>
> cat .htaccess
> AuthType Basic
> AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/conf/htpasswdfile
> AuthName "special directory"
> require valid-user
> #require user tamm
> #require user paul
>
> ======================
>
> I have also tried this with "require user tamm "
> I have created the user names/pw also but can't see
> this as the problem as I am not being asked for
> authentication yet.
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin McDermott
> > Sent: 28 March 2001 11:05
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [scottish] cant get .htaccess to work
> >
> >
> > Thomas McLaughlin wrote:
> > >
> > > no error messages on screen or the log files. It does not promt me
> > > for a username/pw as it should but takes me straight into the page.
> > > I have tried putting the .htaccess file in the doc root dir in case
> > > there was something overriding where i wanted to restrict access.
> > > Not sure what else I can say. I compiled in quite a few modules
> > > into apache such as mod_auth, mod_access so not sure if these will
> > > have an effect.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Can you post the .htaccess file you're putting in, and give me some
> > indication of where in the directory path you're putting it?
> >
> > Kevin
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