Error Message Displayed by Apache

[scottyandpear]

Here is the problem.. i made my htpasswd in the protected directory.. i left the .htaccess file in the root of my htdocs folder... but i get this error after entering my password.

I typed in the correct password... and it denied me is there anything i maybe doing wrong?

here is the error give to me by apache..

Authorization Required
This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required.


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Apache/1.3.27 Server

thanks

 

[scottyandpear]

i double checked and both the .htaccess file and the .htpasswd file are in the protected directory.

 

[Newposter]

Perhaps a syntax error. Could you post the .htaccess file? Were there any errors on creation of the .htpasswd file? You can view that with a text editor, it should look something like:

user:94u0943tanoin82$@#^$

Newposter
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[scottyandpear]

I was able to make the .htaccess file and there where no errors in the htpasswd file the user name is right and the password is encrypted... do i need to configure a file like httpd.conf ??

thanks

scotty

 

[Newposter]

httpd.conf has several lines that reference this, not sure if they come ready-to-use or if they're remmed out:

AllowOverride Authconfig

Order allow,deny
Allow from all


AccessFileName .htaccess

The syntax of the .htaccess file under Windows is different from unix; Windows syntax requires double-quotes and the explicit path:

AuthUserFile "C:/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs/domain/protected/.htpasswd"
AuthGroupFile /null
AuthName "Restricted Area"
AuthType Basic

<Limit GET POST>
require valid-user
</Limit> Newposter
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