Apache doesnt pop up htpasswd authentification

Question

i've been having trouble in the last hour with htaccess file.

so what i want: I have a folder which is located at http://myip.com/FOLDER and I want a simple authentification page via htaccess

So i did the following:

sudo htpasswd -c /home/daniel/.htpasswd daniel

Please do notice I'm a pure beginner and ive been following a guide. anyways I think with that command i store my htpasswd file in my home folder.

entered pw blablabla etc, worked so far ^^.

I also created a ssl vhost:

my content: File: /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl

<Location /myfolder>
AuthName "Private"
AuthType Basic
AuthBasicProvider file
AuthUserFile /home/daniel/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Location>

ServerName XYZX:443
SSLEngine on
SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.crt
SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/apache2/ssl/apache.key

default: ServerName my adress Redirect permanent / my adress

i get ssl and stuff but never the authentification page

apache2 restarted but I just never get the authentification page :(

would appreciate help

thanks

krisFR · Answer 1 · 2014-03-02T22:20:03.207

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You have setup authentication in the default-ssl config file, so it will only work for the https site.

Regarding your comments, it seems that authentication for https://myip.com/myfolder works as expected.

Now, from my understanding, it seems you want the same behaviour for http://myip.com/myfolder.

If it is the case, i suggest to put the same <Location> config in file /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

EDIT

Ok, so you should try to setup your <location> like this in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default :

<Location /myfolder>
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
    AuthName "Private"
    AuthType Basic
    AuthBasicProvider file
    AuthUserFile /home/daniel/.htpasswd
    Require valid-user
</Location>

edited Mar 02 '14 at 22:20

answered Mar 02 '14 at 19:29

krisFR

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sorry my bad, no its still NOT working – tamani Mar 02 '14 at 19:57
@tamani Edited, give it a try. If you have a 500 error place your `.htpasswd` file somewhere in your DocumentRoot directory – krisFR Mar 02 '14 at 22:42

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 02 '14 at 22:54

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Try to put the config in a file called .htaccess in the same folder you want to protect:

AuthName "Private"
AuthType Basic
AuthBasicProvider file
AuthUserFile /home/daniel/.htpasswd
Require valid-user

answered Mar 02 '14 at 22:54

ojovirtual

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 02 '14 at 18:06

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You didn't show any enclosing <Virtualhost> directive in /etc/apache2/sites-available/default-ssl, but assuming there is one, that's an HTTPS-only host. So does the authentication work at https://myip.com/myfolder ?

answered Mar 02 '14 at 18:06

Andrew Schulman

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