.htaccess on Apache/Win XP (help!)

[CheeseMan]

Hello

I have Apache 2.0 for Win32 installed on my XP box along with ActiveState's Perl , Sendmail, etc and it all works great. I could'nt be happier!. However, I have tried to get .htaccess working until I am blue in the face and while this is *supposed* to be a simple thing, it has proven to be very problematic for me. What am I doing wrong here please?.

Ok, here's the scoop...

I have my .htpasswd file installed in:

"C:Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\".

The .htpasswd file contains exactly the following:

shoefly:greenman

I have my .htaccess file installed in the folder I want to password protect. That folder is here:

"C:Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\private".

The .htaccess file contains exactly the following (but I've tried a number of variations):

AuthUserFile /Apache2/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Sound Effects Library"
AuthType Basic

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

The only other thing I've done is to change the "AllowOverride" directive in the Apache /conf/httpd file from "None" to "All" (I've also tried others).

My problem is that while the login screen comes up with no problem when I attempt to enter the protected folder, it will not accept the username/password I used in the .htpasswd file. I've tried it encrypted and plain text.

Finally, is that little utility in Apache's bin folder (htpasswd.exe) really necessary in order to create password-protected folders and use .htaccess or can I just do this manually with a few simple text files in NotePad.

Well, Hope I've explained this ok. Thank's in advance for any help on this perplexing issue (I'm getting desparate now!)

[Chazzy]

My problem is that while the login screen comes up with no problem when I attempt to enter the protected folder, it will not accept the username/password I used in the .htpasswd file. I've tried it encrypted and plain text.

Hi, Im unsure of how much fun windows must be with .htaccess files but I know that under unix you are required to encrypt the password you put into htpasswd using the binary htpasswd from the shell prompt.

Try this info.

$ htpasswd -n test
New password:
Re-type new password:
test:ItvaeGGSUrPfw
$

test:ItvaeGGSUrPfw

the login is test, and the password is test

[Cam]

I believe it uses base64 encryption but I'm not sure. Could be worth a shot.

[Chazzy]

Im not sure as I would sooner throw stones in glasshouses than have a windows server

[pippo]

First of all there is a mistake:

> AuthUserFile /Apache2/.htpasswd
that directive means that the .htpasswd file is located at
c:/Apache2/.htpasswd

So you will want to use
AuthUserFile .htpasswd

and the fullpath will be:
"C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\.htpasswd"

then the first time use:
C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2> bin\htpasswd.exe -c .htpasswd pippo

for other users then use:
C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2> bin\htpasswd.exe .htpasswd pluto



p.s.
htpasswd.exe should be under the bin dir if i remember right...