Re: crypt() problems

Look in your webserver's error log file (error_log if you're using Apache)
for any verbose (and very useful) messages like "Couldn't access file" etc.

"Terry" <dcsnospam@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:D_TQa.1196$0g3.29900@newsfep1-win.server.ntli.net...
> Hi,
>
> I used this.......
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> <?php
> $username="thisuser";
> $password="thispw";
> $fhnd = fopen("../.htpw","a");
> $crypt_pw = crypt($password);
> $newline = $username.":".$crypt_pw."\n";
> fwrite ($fhnd, $newline);
> fclose($fhnd);
> ?>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> to write to my ../.htpw file (password file).
>
> I then set up this .htaccess in the required directory......
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
> DirectoryIndex index.html
>
> AuthUserFile ../.htpw
> AuthType Basic
>
> <LIMIT GET POST>
> require valid-user
> </LIMIT>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> Problem........
> when I try to access the directory I get the username\password prompt (as
> required) but it rejects the thisuser\thispw combination.
>
> Any help\explanation would be most welcome ;-)
>
> mtia
>
>