Topic: htaccess file not prompting for password

[aaronmartin1651]

I created the following .htaccess file

<Files "index.php">
AuthName "Restricted"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /path/to/file/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Files>
I generated a user and password using

sudo htpasswd -c /path/to/file/.htpasswd user password

When I navigate to the ip address it gave the message: "Unauthorized This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required.

According to all other walkthroughs It would indicate that I should be prompted for user and password but instead it is going straight to the error message. What do I have wrong? I don't need anything complex I just need it to prompt for password.

[maba]

Please check whether the directory tree where the .htaccess file resides has AllowOverride allowed.

Here is a code snippet that would forbid .htaccess