Topic: Cannot Get .htaccess and .htpasswd to work

[drobins]

I have been asked to protect a folder on the server. I have been trying to figure it out on my local machine before deploying it on the live box.

I can use the .htaccess file to get the login to show up but my passwords never work. I have used the password generators to create the .htpasswd file and followed all the tutorial i could find but i still can't get it going.

Are there any little things i may be missing or that i may have to change on my conf file???

here is my .htaccess file

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AuthUserFile C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\Dave\protect\.htpasswd
AuthName "Protected Area"
AuthType Basic

<Limit GET POST>
require valid-user
</Limit>
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here is my .htpasswd file u:drobins p:drobins

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drobins:vZkwnzbcDrfKA
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my guess is it has something to do with the AuthUserFile path but i don't know how else to write the path.

[tdonovan]

I think you are using the wrong type of encrypted passwords.

On Windows, you can only use plain-text, SHA, or MD5 passwords.

See this previous post.

Try using the htpasswd program to create and populate your .htpasswd file, like this:

[drobins]

Yeah, it was a combination of that and the path for authuserfile.

I have it working now.

I now have a second problem where the

<?
phpinfo();
?>

won't display my apache info.
I Just get a blank screen.
I'm afraid i may have changed something by accident.

[James Blond]

does it work if you change <? to <?php ?