How about the /etc/apache/access.conf?
Check the Options and AllowOverride sections. I think the AllowOverride is set to "None" by default.
I had to change and restart apache. At 05:11 PM 9/23/01 +0200, you wrote:
hi dudes, trying to get apache to authorize users through .htaccess. this isn't my first time, but it's not working and i am clueless. i can either configure the following settings via .htaccess (having set AllowOverride AuthConfig for Directory /, or i can put the lines into the Directory / container: AuthType Basic AuthName "admin.home.madduck.net" AuthUserFile .htpasswd AuthGroupFile /dev/null Require valid-user no matter where i place .htpasswd, or how i name it, whether i give its location relatively to ServerRoot or absolute anywhere on the machine, apache complains in its error.log that [error] user madduck not found: / and a `stat` call on .htpasswd shows that it isn't even accessed. .htaccess is accessed (atime update), but i can't get it to consider the .htpasswd file. any clues?
