Apache2 require authentication for directory

Question

I'm trying to secure my phpmemcachedadmin installation. (It doesn't come with any sort of security, not even a login system)

I've added this to the .htaccess file:

AuthName "For admins only"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /var/www/phpmemcachedadmin/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
require user myuser

But it doesn't work. Am I missing something here? The files are owned by www-data, so it can't be a permissions thing.

Is access allowed or denied? What error does your browser show? — Shane Madden, Aug 04 '11 at 21:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 04 '11 at 21:17

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Do you have AllowOverride all in the vhost config for this directory? AFAIK this is required. I would also change the user to require valid-user

answered Aug 04 '11 at 21:17

derchris

That's it, I somehow thought that was the default setting, but even then in said "None" in the httpd.conf file. Thanks – Jelle De Loecker Aug 04 '11 at 21:24

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