hi guys,

having a little issue with password protecting a file with ht access

 

my .htaccess file is stored in my main directory

my .passwd file is stored above this in the root directory.

 

when i enter the username and password

it doesnt let me in...

 

here is the code for the .htaccess

 

 

AuthName "Restricted Area"

AuthType Basic

AuthUserFile ../.htpasswd

AuthGroupFile /dev/null

<Files blog_post.php>

require valid-user

</Files>

so .htpassword would upload to the directory above public_html folder

and .htaccess file would look like:

 

AuthName "Restricted Area"

AuthType Basic

AuthUserFile /home/username/.htpasswd

AuthGroupFile /dev/null

require valid-user

 

This is based on a cpanel server but the basics are the same on any server. Just have to use the correct path.

It turns out that my code was correct. My host has disabled the use of HTaccess... urgh #drainer

Yeah, I spent about a month messing about with .HTaccess etc before my host finally worked out that they didn't have it turned on! After I contacted them several times about it!!

its an absolute nightmare, they want to charge me £15.00 for password protection services.