>>> I am trying to password protect a sub directory within the web space of
>>> a>>> domain that is serving site statistics of awstats generated pages. The
>>> path>> > to the dir is /home/user1/www/awstats. When testing, I am able to
>>> get a>> > username and password prompt for the front page of the site, i.e.
>>> for>> > www.mydomain.com, when I place the .htaccess file in www. But I
>>> can't get a>> > functional prompt for www.mydomain.com/awstats when I place
>>> the .htaccess in>> > the awstats dir. The login box comes up but it won't
>>> accept my username>> > password combo, even though it will accept it when I
>>> have the same .htaccess>> > file in the www dir.>> >> See:>>
>>> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/htaccess.html>> >> Your problem is
>>> that you don't have AllowOverride set correctly for>> the relevant
>>> directory. But beyond that, you probably don't want to be>> using .htaccess
>>> at all. Just put the directives in the relevant>> <Directory> section in
>>> httpd.conf.>> >> Joshua.>>Thanks Joshu
a,> >I read the above DOC you posted thanks. Just to clarify, do
you>reccomend that I use the <Directory> method in the main httpd.conf file>as
described in the above, instead ot .htaccess?
Oops, just re read your post :) appears that's what you meant.
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