.htaccess is ignored even if rightly configured

Question

I am getting mad:

vhost: http://termbin.com/4z10

<VirtualHost *:8080>
  ServerAdmin istreaming@gmail.com
  ServerName ec2-52-36-220-163.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com

  DocumentRoot /var/www/wordpress
  <Directory />
      Options FollowSymLinks
      AllowOverride None
  </Directory>

  <Directory /var/www/wordress>
      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
      AllowOverride None
      Order allow,deny
      allow from all
  </Directory>

#mariadb
  <Directory /var/www/wordress/mydbadmin>
          AllowOverride AuthConfig
          # The Options below is an example. Use what you deem is necessary.
          Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
          Order allow,deny
          Allow from all
  </Directory>


</VirtualHost>

htaccess: http://termbin.com/kjw1

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Authentication Required"
AuthUserFile "/var/www/wordpress/mydbadmin/.htpasswd"
Require valid-user

htpasswd: http://termbin.com/3dwr
doc: http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/PasswordBasicAuth

Ignore the bunk in htaccess, was trying to generate an error to see of it was not being read.

Are you running the server? Are you allowed to modify the main config file? Because, if so, you [shouldn't be using htaccess files, anyway](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/htaccess.html) (direct quote from the docs: "You should avoid using .htaccess files completely if you have access to httpd main server config file. Using .htaccess files slows down your Apache http server. Any directive that you can include in a .htaccess file is better set in a Directory block, as it will have the same effect with better performance."). — Parthian Shot, Mar 18 '16 at 20:19

Diamond · Answer 1 · 2016-03-18T23:04:18.833

The directory you are declaring (/var/www/wordress/mydbadmin) doesn't exist and so nothing is happening. It's a typing mistake I guess. Correct it, wordress -> wordpress (/var/www/wordpress/mydbadmin) and see.

<Directory /var/www/wordpress/mydbadmin>
        AllowOverride AuthConfig
        # The Options below is an example. Use what you deem is necessary.
        Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
</Directory>

.htaccess is ignored even if rightly configured

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