authentication problems

[notepad_coder]

i'm running apache 1.3.29 and i'm trying to set up a basic auth on a virtualhost, when i use a .htaccess file, nothing happens so i went into httpd.conf and did a <Directory>. now it prompts for user/pass but it wont log me in. this is what im doing:

root@codegeeks:/usr/local/phpMyAdmin$ htpasswd -c .htpasswd admin

and in httpd.conf

<Directory /usr/local/phpMyAdmin>
 	AuthType Basic
 	AuthName "phpMyAdmin"
 	AuthUserFile /usr/local/phpMyAdmin/.htpasswd
 	Require admin
 </Directory>

does anyone know how i might fix this problem? and also how to get .htaccess files working?

[pippo]

> and also how to get .htaccess files working?
check how AllowOverride was set.
It should be: AllowOverride All

Could you PM to your httpd.conf or send it to pippo at sitepointforums dot com ?

[pippo]

OK,
you have to use
Require user admin etc

you missed the user part.