RE: [cobalt-users] htpasswd authentication

[Glen Scott <glen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I am trying to password protect a (web) directory called admin.
>
> Below is my .htaccess for the admin directory:
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> AuthUserFile /home/sites/sitex/etc/passwd
> AuthGroupFile /dev/null
> AuthName Admin
> AuthType Basic
>
> #order deny,allow
> #deny from all
> #allow from xxx.xx.xx.xxx
>
> require valid-user
> ---------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> I am getting below error:
> ------------------------------------------------------
> [error] (2)No such file or directory: access to /admin/ failed for 
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xx,
> reason: User not known to the underlying authentication module
> -------------------------------------------------------

http://www.cobalt.com/support/kb/search.php3?ques=htaccess&qid=518&language=1

Regards,

Glen Scott