Re: [LI] .htaccess problems.

["Jiju Thomas Mathew" <digitelnet@xxxxxxxx>]

hi
do you run squid or any other proxy on the same machine where apache is and
is connecting throught that ?
or are you connecting from the same ip address that the Apache is listening
to ?
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Linux registered user #154193

>Hi,
> I am having problems setting up .htaccess security features on my linux
Red
>Hat 6.0 machine running Apache web server.
> The httpd.conf is the installation default , and i still have'nt made many
>changes to it ,
>and i placed my .htaccess and .htpasswd file in /home/httpd/html directory
>the .htacess file reads:
>
>AuthName Webmaster
>AuthType Basic
>AuthUserFile /home/httpd/html/.htpasswd
>require valid-user
>
>
>and i also made sure that allow override is set to all, by editing th
>httpd.conf file uch that:
>
><snip>
>
><Directory /home/httpd/html>
>Options Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks
>AllowOverride All
># order allow,deny
># allow from all
></directory>
>
><snip>
>
>I have read the Apache FAq too, but still unable to setup the security, as
>the file is totally being ignored and i am not being asked the user/pass.
>Please help !
>Thanks a lot in advance,
>Regards,
>Gaurav.
>


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