[techtalk] Apache access.conf help

[Lilly S.]

Thanks so much for your help.. Now it works! Yay!!! Apache needed a little
bit of tweaking to work.

Lilly

On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Nancy Corbett wrote:

> 
> Okay, here are the steps as I understand them (let me know if this helps):
> 
> Go to the etc directory and run the command:
>  
> ./htpasswd -c directoryname.pwd username
> 
> htpassword will prompt you to enter a password twice.  Once it's done, you
> can cat directoryname.pwd to see that it has created a file containing
> your username and an encrypted password.
> 
> Next created the .htaccess file in the directory you wish to protect.  It
> should look something like this:
> 
> AuthUserFile /etc/directoryname.pwd
> AuthName "This is a Protected Area"
> AuthType Basic
> <Limit GET>
> require user [username]
> </Limit>
> 
> Next, in the access.conf, locate the .htaccess.  There are
> instructions in the comment lines about the AllowOverride line.  By
> default, it is set to None.  With this setting, Apache will not read the
> .htaccess file. Change it to: 
> 
> 			AllowOverride All
> 
> Stop and restart apache.  That ought to do it.
> 
> On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Lilly S. wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I was wondering if anyone on here would be so kind as to help me out with
> > this problem I've been struggling with for the last two days.
> > 
> > I need to configure apache so that the entire site that is password
> > protected. I have tried configuring access.conf and I put .htpasswd and
> > .htaccess in the directories and all, and it's still not working.I'm very
> > confused. I followed the directions outlined in the Apache book, and on
> > the apache page to no avail. What am I missing?
> > 
> > I'll be glad to include my access.conf in an offline email to anyone who
> > thinks s/he can help.
> > 
> > Thanks a lot!!!
> > 
> > Lilly
> > 
> > 
> > 
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