Darwin and .htaccess

Hello Group,

I tried to password protect a directory on my 'Darwin' Web server. But
I am never prompted to login to access the protected directory. This
same .htaccess file and .htpasswd works fine on my 'linux' webserver.
Why is it so? both runs on Apache Webserver, still why is it not
wokring on Darvin?

#___________ sample __________

AuthType Basic
AuthName "thedifferenZ area"
AuthUserFile /Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/.htpasswd

require valid-user

#___________end sample___________

..htaccess is for Apache in general, right? or is dependent on OS?

TIA
Vijoy Varghese.

(Vijoy Varghese) writes:

> I tried to password protect a directory on my 'Darwin' Web server. But
> I am never prompted to login to access the protected directory. This
> same .htaccess file and .htpasswd works fine on my 'linux' webserver.
> Why is it so? both runs on Apache Webserver, still why is it not
> wokring on Darvin?

Check the global httpd.conf.

By default, it comes with this:

<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride None
</Directory>

That tells it not to allow users to override global settings
with .htaccess files in their directories.

This isn't really a mac question, though.
You'll probably do better in one of the comp.infosystems.www.servers
groups.


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wrote:
> You'll probably do better in one of the comp.infosystems.www.servers
> groups.

Or alt.apache.configuration

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