I have read the post at the bottom and have done everything that was suggested. In my srm.conf .htaccess is enabled. I made a .htpasswd file using 'htpasswd -c .htpasswd username' and it worked. Still when i loggin to the admin dir it says its not protected..... Suggestions? btw: what perms should the .htaccess & .htpasswd be?

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Team Linux 2000
http://www.linux-2000.org

The permissions of both .htaccess and .htpasswd should be:

-rw-r--r-- (or 644)

Interpretation:

Owner: Read and Write
Group: Read
Everyone: Read

Regards,


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Eliot Lee
Founder and Editor
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
http://www.anthrotech.com/
info@anthrotech.com
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Coconino Community College
http://www.coco.cc.az.us/
Web Technology
Coordinator
elee@coco.cc.az.us

Yes, the .htaccess & .htpasswd are set 644.
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vi .htaccess
AuthUserFile /path/to/admin/.htpasswd
AuthName "Password for access:"
AuthType Basic
require valid-user
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vi .htpasswd
username:encrypted_passwd

This is the format set for these files. Do you see any mistakes?

Regards,

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Team Linux 2000
http://www.linux-2000.org

Yep...You are missing a key component in your .htaccess file. It should be as follows for Apache 1.2.1 and above:


Hope this helps.

Regards,

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Eliot Lee
Founder and Editor
Anthro TECH, L.L.C
http://www.anthrotech.com/
info@anthrotech.com
==========================
Coconino Community College
http://www.coco.cc.az.us/
Web Technology
Coordinator
elee@coco.cc.az.us

Thanks Eliot,
I put:
AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Password Secure Area"
AuthType Basic
<Limit GET POST>
require valid-user
</Limit>

as my .htaccess, sent a HUP to httpd for grins but still am getting that nasty flashing Warning signal (ugg). On the AuthName "Password Secure Area" .... that is just a warning when me or anyone tries to access that directory? right? This is Apache 1.3.6.
Basically 'htpasswd -c .htpasswd username' i can use any userid with a password, this only sets 'MY' access pass and uid. Well, if you can think of any ideas why this isnt working let me know.

Regards,

Okay? .htaccess and .htpasswd are still not working for me. See previous post. Im just gonna restart this thread hopefully i can get more feedback.