Dear All, I'm under Suse X64 and I try to enable the .htaccess file In my /etc/apache2/http.conf I have: # grant /srv/www access using .ht files <Directory /srv/www> Options None AllowOverride AuthConfig Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> # use .htaccess files for overriding, AccessFileName .htaccess # and never show them <Files ~ "^\.ht"> Order allow,deny Deny from all </Files> my main directory for the web server is /srv/www so under the sub dir "test" I added the file /srv/www/test/.htaccess AuthUserFile /srv/www/test/.htpasswd AuthName "Acces Restreint" AuthType Basic <limit GET POST> order deny,allow deny from .ipt.aol.com require valid-user </limit> But when I browse the repertory "test" no pop-up window appears asking me for a password, I see clearly the index.htm file as if no .htaccess file was existing. Why? What parameters have to be actvated so apache2 takes .htaccess files into account? Many thanks for help, Hervé
Hey boy'z, I found the bug... As I am using a virtual server system, and even as I wrote in the main httpd.conf file: <Directory /srv/www> Options None AllowOverride AuthConfig ... thus I have had in the directives inside my virtual .conf menu another line <Directory /srv/www/my_server> Options None AllowOverride None ... Then this one, specially for the sub-dir my_server, overlapped the previous AllowOverride value ! So, to all of you, thanks for help and double check overlapping values Sincerelly Hervé Now..I have to write correctly my .htpasswd file...a good job to do !
