[cobalt-users] using htaccess to limit www access to a users directory

["John Cordeiro" <jcordeiro@xxxxxxxx>]

Ok, I have searched and read all the posts on this topic and even tried the
Interliant instructions from Team Cobalt @
http://teamcobalt.interliant.com/faqs/faq_server.shtml
But I keep getting [The server encountered an internal error or
misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.]

The directory is /home/sites/site3/users/joeuser/web
I created a .htaccess file in the directory I want protected
the contents are:

# Access file
order allow, deny
allow from all
require valid-user
Authname protectedsite
AuthPAM_Enabled off
Authtype Basic
AuthUserFile /etc/passwd (to use the system passwd file) I've tried leaving
this line off also

Then I created the .htpasswd file using /usr/sbin/htpasswd -c
/home/sites/site3/users/joeuser/web joeuser
I was prompted 2 times for the password. When I look in the users Dir using
ls -a I see the .htpasswd file and it has the user and encrypted password in
it.
I have also tried to create the htpasswd file in ./joeuser as opposed to
./joeuser/web - SAME THING!!!
What am I doing wrong?