Thread: htaccess Issues.

first of all, i'd apologize how stupid question may (i'm unsure)

installed ubuntu server 12.10 on old pc last week (for do) , until has been going smoothly. please note have no previous experience server - thought little project

i've got open ssh server installed, apache2, php5 , mysql.

last night set simple website , started hosting - when came .htaccess started getting messy! no online tutorials seem include how create these files (in notepad , drag , drop or actual server!?)

made them using notepad on pc , dragged them over, placing them in directory wanted protect (this called data , held in /var/www folder. authentication pop-up works great no matter how many times input username , password, pops again. i've looked through pretty every site can find , after changing allowoverride all, there's nothing else can find me. when have htaccess , htpasswd files in directory now, tells me there server error. dont know whether have messed , considered re-installing entire server system , starting again!

hoping 1 of kind people save me hitting head against wall again - couldn't sleep last night because of headache! ha.

thank

have looked in /var/log/apache2/error.log see if there more details?

both .htaccess , .htpasswd files in locations "www-data" user can read? have proper permissions allow user read them? make sure references files absolute ones full paths (see below).

it's never idea move text files directly windows *nix machines because differ in how designate end of lines. install package tofrodos , apply files strip extraneous line terminators. in future use text editor on local machine gedit or kate, or command-line tools nano or emacs.

code:

authuserfile /path/to/.htpasswd authgroupfile /dev/null authname "friends only!" authtype basic  <limit get> require valid-user </limit>

notice full path password file, called .htpasswd here. also, security purposes, file should not kept in same directory web site files. can place anywhere in system long www-data user can read it.

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