On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 07:54:59 +0200, Lóránd Erik (
lammmer80@...) wrote:
> Why doesn't .htaccess rules work, when i example write this in it:
>
> AuthUserFile /home/username/.htpasswd
> AuthGroupFile /dev/null
> AuthName "Private Area"
> AuthType Basic
> <Limit GET POST>
> require valid-user
> </Limit>
>
> i just want to secure a folder by password, on apache2 [i just installed it,
> it works, but i can still see the folder, and it doesn't ask for password, i
> have .htpasswd in username/.htpasswd]
>
> what am i missing?
Try it without the "<Limit GET POST>" etc.
All you should need is:
AuthUserFile /home/username/.htpasswd
AuthName "Private Area"
AuthType Basic
require valid-user
Please let us know if that helps.
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