.htaces and .htpasswd give error?

Question

Well, I'm trying to secure my xampp with .htaccess and .htpasswd and I don't see a mistake, so do many other developers that I know...

My .htaccess:

AuthName "Protected Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile C:/xampp/secret/hidden/place/.htpasswd
require valid-user
php_flag register_globals on

My .htpasswd:

wscript:$apr1$Y107OG1n$Ui6D997SqhERXXyV9VBU51

The error is error 500

Anyone?

Check your Apache error.log file and see what what error you're getting there. — anubhava, May 04 '14 at 11:30

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 04 '14 at 10:30

You should consult your error logfile usually located at: /var/log/apache2/error.log. Without knowing the exact error there's really only speculation as to what might be the issue.

AuthName "Protected Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile C:/xampp/apache/var/www/site/.htpasswd
Require valid-user

require valid-user should be capital "R"
AuthUserFile is usually located one directory above the web root.
The permissions on the .htaccess and .htpasswd need to be set so that Apache can read them: chmod 0644 .htaccess chmod 0644 .htpasswd

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.htaces and .htpasswd give error?

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