Need Help With .htaccess In Apache

[cashton2k]

hi i wanna secure the directory "secure" in apache on a unix box

ive altered the httpd.conf file

then put a .htaccess file in secure containing:

AuthType Basic

AuthUserFile /var/www/html/secure

AuthName “Restricted â€

<LIMIT GET POST>

require valid-user

</LIMIT>

then i added a username and password to the htpasswd file etc.

but i dont get asked for a username or password when i access a htm file in the secure directory

any ideas?

cheers for any help

[iccaros]

did you do it this way

htpasswd -c /usr/local/apache/passwd/passwords rbowen
New password: mypassword
Re-type new password: mypassword
Adding password for user rbowen

or did you vi the files?

Edited January 26, 2006 by iccaros