I followed the Try it out steps exactly as they are in the book for this program in chptr 11 and it did not work. Is there an error in these directions that I do not know about.

I never get prompted for a password like the book states.

I am using windows so my .htaccess file looks like this.

AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\protected
AuthName "Restricted"
<LIMIT GET POST >
require valid-user
</LIMIT>

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I am able to create a user file.

What am i doing wrong ?

MARK G Dawkins

I had a little trouble getting .htaccess to work as well. So try the information provided at the following link. It ended up helping me, so maybe it'll be the same for you.

http://sniptools.com/vault/windows-a...entication.htm

Thanks this post helped me to fix the problem. You just have to be sure to read all the way thru to the bottom.

Thanks.

MARK G Dawkins

Wow... after a few painful hours, I can share with you a little more about using .htaccess in Windows as opposed to Linux. There are some things that the book doesn't tell you, but the site linked to above does— still there is just a little info left out that I think should be mentioned explicitly.

For one, like the site says, you'll want to use an absolute path to the file which will house the usernames and passwords. You can name this file whatever you like. Use the htpasswd.exe program in the bin folder of your Apache installation to create the password file:

Now, if you create the password file like this, you'll want to run CMD with Administrative privileges. Otherwise, it may not actually create the file. This happens with 64-bit Vista or 7 if you install this program in the Program Files (x86) folder. If you install Apache into another directory, you should be able to avoid this issue. Otherwise, you can just create the file elsewhere. To do so, simply specify the password file's path and fileaname in the command:

It is advised that you place the htpasswd files somewhere above or outside of Apache's DocumentRoot directory. And, of course, you can avoid going to the bin folder every time to run the commands by putting the folder's absolute path in your Windows PATH environment variable.