[cobalt-users] newbie .htaccess problem

["J Ambrose" <jambrose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I couldn't find anything in the archives that matched my situation.

If someone could help....I'd be very greatful.

1) I need to pwd protect my directory called "_adminarea"

2) After telneting in I created this .htaccess file:

#Access file
order allow,deny
allow from all
require valid-user
Authname _adminarea
AuthPAM_Enabled off
Authtype Basic
AuthUserFile
/home/sites/www.mydomain.net/web/_adminarea/.htpasswd

After that, while still in the "_adminarea" directory via:
 /usr/sbin/htpasswd -c .htpasswd <username>

I created the logon and pwd....no problem.

Why then am I getting an "Internal Error" when I go to access the pages and
not a prompt for logon and password?

So I tried doing it again and now I have Internal Error 500?

ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED.

Thanks,

Joe Ambrose
QuickSurfer