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 Topic: .htaccess-Password protection wrong path to .htpasswd? Help? |
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KyleVA
Joined: 21 Apr 2009
Posts: 3
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 Posted: Tue 21 Apr '09 16:09 Post subject: .htaccess-Password protection wrong path to .htpasswd? Help? |
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Here, let me present a scenario that is equal to the problem I'm having. Let's start off by saying I'd like to password protect the following directory: mywebsite.com/password/. And also, my host directory is /httpdocs/.
Now, in the /password/ directory I place the .htaccess file which contains the following information:
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AuthName "Restricted Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /httpdocs/password/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
require valid-user |
Next, I place the .htpasswd in the /password/ directory as well and it contains the following information:
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testpass1:eLQB2fGpHBoBw
testpass2:4MlWHqE6U8Zhk
testpass3:icfwKqVbrYkw6
testpass4:7zw5jrrT/azTY |
testpass1:testpass1
testpass2:testpass2
etc..
Anyways, when I go to mywebsite.com/password/ and enter the user information testpass1:testpass1 it doesn't work.Am I specifying the wrong path? I figure I have to be. I'm just unsure what I'm doing wrong. |
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7407
Location: EU, Germany, Next to Hamburg
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| Posted: Tue 21 Apr '09 16:43 Post subject: |
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| Is the httpdocs folder realy in the root folder? Or is it in something like /var/www/httpdocs? What is in your error_log about that? Which version of apache do you use? Which OS do you use? Which auth modules does your apache load? |
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KyleVA
Joined: 21 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue 21 Apr '09 16:52 Post subject: |
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Heh, I apologize man. I really don't know too much about servers/Apache, etc. Hopefully I can still provide enough information so that you guys can help.
And, in Dreamweaver @ my remote site settings - I have /httpdocs/ set as my host directory. So I'm pretty sure that's it. Server is running Apache 2.0.52. I'm using Windows XP.
And I'm unsure with auth modules my apache loads.. Whatever is default - if that helps at all, ha. |
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James Blond
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Joined: 19 Jan 2006
Posts: 7407
Location: EU, Germany, Next to Hamburg
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| Posted: Tue 21 Apr '09 17:46 Post subject: |
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Well I guess the path is wrong. /httpdocs/ is not the full path so apache can't find the .htpasswd file.
Does PHP run on your server? Than you can get the full path. easily or you can ask your hoster for the correct path. |
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KyleVA
Joined: 21 Apr 2009
Posts: 3
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| Posted: Tue 21 Apr '09 18:32 Post subject: |
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Thanks man, didn't even think to run a PHP script to get the file path. To anyone else who has this problem - just upload a test php page to your web site w/ this snippet
| Code: | <?php
print __FILE__;
?> |
Haha, way too simple. =X |
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