unable to run htpasswd command on apache on windows 2000

[Guest_imported]

I have installed latest version of apache on my windows 2000 server. everything is working fine but i wanted to password protect directories. for that reason i tried htpasswd.exe to create a password file by typing...
<b>&quot;htpasswd -c htpasswd dave&quot; </b> at the command prompt, but it gives an error message <b>&quot;htpasswd: -c and -n options conflict&quot;</b> and it terminates. I even tried to create htpasswd file manually and then tried the above command without the -c option, but it says...

<b>
&quot;Automatically using MD5 format.
New password: ****
Re-type new password: ****
Adding password for user dave
The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.
0 file(s) copied.&quot;</b>

Believe me no other process was using the htpasswd file.

What is wrong with it? can annybody help me

Lot of thanks in advance

 

[mithrilhall]

What version are you running?

http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement2.html

 

[Guest_imported]

I am using apache 2.0.39

 

[Wullie]

Hi mate,

I don't know if this will likely make a difference or not but the following line:

htpasswd -c htpasswd dave

should be

htpasswd -c .htpasswd dave

Hope this helps Wullie

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[Guest_imported]

no, i had even tried giving .htpasswd, but it doesn't work.