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Wungiel
Asked: 2021-03-11 11:55:05 +0800 CST

Why is my .htaccess and .htpasswd not working?

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I have .htaccess and .htpasswd files in the directory that has png files that I want to protect.

.htaccess

  AuthType Basic
  AuthName "Co to za nielegalne grzebanie w plikach, juz dzwonie na milicje."
  AuthUserFile ./.htpasswd
  Require valid-user

.htpasswd

test:$apr1$hp25fckm$QSSnnAWn6b5lWDScZ7h7t0

and I don't know why it's not working?

apache-2.2 .htaccess html .htpasswd

1 Answers

  1. AuthUserFile ./.htpasswd

    The file-path to your password file is most certainly wrong. This should be an absolute filesystem path. (Or a relative path, relative to the ServerRoot).

    For example, depending on the file-path to your document root, this should be something like the following instead:

    AuthUserFile /www/user/public_html/images/.htpasswd

    However, the .htpasswd file should be at a location outside of the DocumentRoot (outside of the public HTML space). It shouldn't be in the directory you are trying to protect.

    Reference:

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