hello,
i'm trying to get apache to protect a directory (yes, i've already read any related threads in this forum, but i'm still stuck). i followed the instructions which were provided by: http://www.apacheweek.com/features/userauth but i still cannot figure it out.

the only thing i can think of is that there was mention configuring my access.conf file in that article, but whenever i tried adding the AllowOverride AuthConfig line to access.conf, apache would flag it as not being allowed.

this is what my .htaccess file looks like:

AuthName "admin"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /home/.htusers
require user user1 user2

i've already created the .htusers file using the htpasswd command, and AccessFileName .htaccess does appear in my httpd.conf file. any and all suggestions are appreciated!