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> Charlie da Silva wrote:
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> [some snippage occurred]
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> 1. are you sure $bartjel is in the file passwd you're accessing?

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> C:\webserver\Apache2\passwd>bin\htpasswd -cb passwd\passwd $bartje1

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> ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^
> somehow the "path" doesn't look right.

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> I kinda think it should be either
> C:\webserver\Apache2\passwd>..\bin\htpasswd -cb passwd $bartje1 $klootzak
> or
> C:\webserver\Apache2>bin\htpasswd -cb passwd\passwd $bartje1 $klootzak
> C:\webserver\Apache2>bin\htpasswd -b passwd\passwd robi lameOS
>
> pointers to the above
> 1. the bin directory is in the apache2 folder, so if you're sitting in the
> folder Apache2\passwd, you need to back one up and into the bin
> (..\bin\htpasswd) and the file passwd is created in the sitting dir.
> 2. or sit in the Apache2 directory and organize it all from there;
> call bin\htpasswd and create passwd\passwd.
> 3. without -c, htpasswd uses the existing user file; no create.
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> Anyway, can you post the part of your httpd.conf with your additions?
> Are you referencing the correct user file (passwd) in AuthUserFile?
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> Somehow I think you might be referencing the wrong file.
> When I started my secured directory I had the opposite effect; I could

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> anything and it would accept it, even if it wasn't in the passwd file.
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> I was referencing it as an alias, and that blew it off (somehow).
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> It could also be that you have a restriction on that path...

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> Robi schreef:
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> Yes, pretty much, this is in the passwd file, opened with notepad:
> ---> $bartje1:$apr1$e13.....$206hM959ucFBgRaRb28RO/
> <& this is the pad: "C:\webserver\Apache2\passwd" is stored.>

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> Here is the httpd.conf add.:
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> <Directory "C:/webserver/www/securedpage/Family">
> AuthType Basic
> AuthName "Private Family area: requires login"
> AuthUserFile "C:\webserver\Apache2\passwd"
> Require user mom dad bro sis wife son daugther aunt uncle
> # or just
> # Require valid-user
> </Directory>
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> This shoud be right! Also when i go to
> http://127.0.0.1/securedpage/index.html I am getting the secured page
> pop-up...

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> It seems you did a lot of research on this subject, are you using this for
> your profession, or are you, jus't like me, doing it for fun?

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