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Reply to topic   Topic: Error Message with Basic Authentication
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LucienFB



Joined: 06 Jan 2008
Posts: 3

PostPosted: Sun 06 Jan '08 23:50    Post subject: Error Message with Basic Authentication Reply with quote

Problem!

Error Message:
[Sun Jan 06 16:22:54 2008] [alert] [client 76.188.1.214] C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs/phpmailer/phpFileUpload/ht.acl: AuthUserFile takes 1-2 arguments, text file containing user IDs and passwords

httpd.conf file contains:

AccessFileName ht.acl .htaccess

<Directory "C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs/phpmailer/phpFileUpload">
AllowOverride All Options None
Order deny,allow
</Directory>

password.txt file contains:
LucienFB:xyz555

ht.acl file contains:
AuthUserFile C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/password.txt
AuthName "This is my secret area"
AuthType Basic

<Limit GET POST>
require valid-user
</Limit>

___________________________________________________
Thanks in Advance,

Lucien
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James Blond
Moderator


Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7298
Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Mon 21 Jan '08 20:58    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sometimes clear passwords do not work. Use encryped ones with md5

See here how it works.
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glsmith
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Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Posts: 2268
Location: Sun Diego, USA

PostPosted: Tue 22 Jan '08 4:37    Post subject: Reply with quote

There error message however revolves around this line

AccessFileName ht.acl .htaccess

try

AccessFileName ht.acl
or
AccessFileName .htaccess

it only wants one filename, not two
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