Re: [cobalt-developers] .htaccess

["Andy Jacobs" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Nabil Francis <nabilf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2001 8:19 PM
Subject: [cobalt-developers] .htaccess


> Hello,
>
> I'm very new to this list so I don't if my question is in the right place,
> but I'm sure that I will find some help here.
> So I was told that there some protection to a site if I just put 2 files
in
> it to make it accessible by a username and password (.htaccess,.htpasswd)
>
> so I put the file .htaccess in the main directory of the site
>
> ------------------------------
> AuthUserFile /home/sites/site12/web/.htpasswd
> AuthName Some_Site
> AuthType Basic
> <Limit GET>
> require valid-user
> </Limit>
> ------------------------------
>
> and I made a .htpasswd and put in the same directory listed above
>
> ------------------------------
> htpasswd -c .htpasswd some_user
> ------------------------------
>
> and tried to browse for the url hoping to see a window for a username and
> password but I didn't find anything to prompt me!!!!!
>
> So please can anyone tell me where I went wrong?
> I appreciate any help from you.

Is your machine patched to the latest revision?

I had the same problems and patching cleared it up.

Andy