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Subject: Re: [users@httpd] .htaccess setup?

Previous post I sent said .htaccess had to be executable...this is a 
wrong statement, sorry.  The XBitHack entry though made a difference 
with me.

Linn Kubler wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm running Apache 1.3.20-16 on a RedHat 7.2 server.  Trying to
>restrict access to a specific web directory but not having any luck and
>I'm hoping someone here can tell me where I've gone astray.
>
>In the httpd.conf file I added a section:
><Directory "/var/www/html/bod">
>  AllowOverride AuthConfig
></Directory>
>
>In the bod directory I created a file called .htaccess containing:
>AuthType Basic
>AuthName "ECW Restricted Area"
>AuthUserFile /var/www/passwords
>Requre user linn
>
>Then I created the passwords file mentioned above and added my user
>name and password.  I then restarted the webserver but it doesn't work. 
>When I type in the url I get the index page when I think I should be
>getting a login dialog box.
>
>Can anyone shed some more light on this subject, tell where I've gone
>wrong or what I'm missing?
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>Thanks in advance,
>Linn
>
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