[cobalt-users] Re: htaccess not working

["Linuxman" <linuxman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is my ".htaccess for dummies" directions that I made for myself. It
works for me and I use these instructions every time I set up a new
directory:

Setting up .htaccess

1) Put the following at the bottom of /etc/httpd/conf/access.conf
<Directory /home/sites/site1/web/can>
AllowOverride All
Options All
</Directory>

2) Change AllowOverride from 'None' to 'All' in 2 places in
/etc/httpd/conf/access.conf if not already done

3) Create a .htaccess file in the directory to be protected as follows:
#Access file
order allow,deny
allow from all
require valid-user
AuthPAM_Enabled off
Authname canuauthme
Authtype Basic
AuthUserFile /home/sites/site1/web/can/robboard/.htpasswd

4) Create a password file in the directory to be protected
(/home/sites/site1/web/can/robboard) by typing:
htpasswd -c .htpasswd [username]

5) chown the 2 files to admin.

6) chmod the 2 files to 755

7) Rebbot the server - typing 'httpd restart' is not enough

   Comment in step 7
   Comnent 1:
   That should not be necessary.
   /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd reload or at worst
   /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd restart should do it.
   --
   Dan Kriwitsky
   Comment 2:
   I use kill -HUP `cat /var/run/httpd.pid`

   (kill -USR1 is what httpd reload actually does) re the Apache docs at
   http://httpd.apache.org/docs/stopping.html which gives some useful
information
   about tailing the error log so you can see if there are problems when
httpd
   restarts.