Re: Apache 2.0.46 and mod_auth failure

Make sure you have the path right in your .htaccess file. Like: AuthUserFile
e:/apache-root/pass/password_file

Also, make sure you have a "require valid-user" in there or require your
specific username.

Rach

"Pete Dawson" <P.G.Dawson@Leeds.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:HH56qL.MBp@leeds.ac.uk...
> I have Apache 2.0.46 installed on NT server 4 SP6a and have created a
> password file using htpasswd.exe. Applying authentication to a particular
> directory results in a username/password prompt on the browser when a file
> in that folder is requested. If I type in a valid username and password, I
> eventually get Error 401 - Authentication required!
>
> Is there a bug in this version of Apache? It used to work OK with 2.0.35!!