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Hi,

I've been using apache as a very basic intranet server for a small sized LAN for around 6 months now,
it's working fine, but the other day I wanted to make sure that only certain users on my intranet could
access certain folders.

I am using Red hat 6.0, Apache 1.3 (came with RH 6.0).

I know that using the .htaccess file in a directory will ask for username and password validation
before accessing a particular directory.

I wish to protect /home/httpd/html/downloads

I have the file .htaccess with the perms: rwxr-xr-x in that directory.

The file .htaccess contains the following:

deny from all
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /home/httpd/html/downloads/.htpasswd
AuthName "Password Required for /downloads"
require valid-user

I used htpasswd -c .htpasswd username to create the password file .htpasswd in that directory.

The module mod_auth is loaded and seems to be working. There are various other modules loaded also,
please let me know if you need to know which ones.

in my file access.conf in /etc/httpd/conf the part about AuthConfig reads:

<Directory />
Options None
AllowOverride AuthConfig
</Directory>

I have read the FAQs on Apache.org and on apachenews, according to them (unless I am becoming blind), I
have done everything correctly.

Why does the password requirement box refuse to appear? It makes no difference whether you are local,
lan-based or remote to the system.

ANY pointers would be of great appreciation. TIA.

Al.

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