.htpasswd and .htaccess - please help

[nappaji]

I have a linux box with Apache. My webpage files resides on this box i.e. they are not mounted from any other system.

I have created a .htaccess and .htpasswd file in a particular directory. When I try to access the directory from the webpage, it asks for a user name and passwd.

This is fine.

But, recently I transferred the files onto a directory which resides on a Sun OS box. And this directory is mounted to a Linux box which is the webserver.

Now, when I click on the webpage, the username and passwd authentication is not asked for.

Why the difference???

Thanks

 

[RhythmAce]

Does a directory container exist in httpd.conf for that directory with the directive `AllowOverride ALL'?