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Problem With Htaccess

I would like to set up password protection on a directory, and I'm just not understanding what I'm not doing that would make it work correctly.

In the directory I want to protect, I have an .htaccess file:

Quote:

AuthName "UID and PWD Required."
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /home/mydomain/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /home/mydomain/.htgroup
require group member-users
require valid-user

The .htpasswd file was created with the htpasswd utility, and contains the user name / hash:

Quote:

Arty:queUavucIoz6I

And I've set up a group file, .htgroup:

Quote:

member-users: Arty

I understand I don't need the group if I don't want it...

Anyway, doesn't work, I can waltz on in to the directory without a PWD/UID.

Is there something I'm missing? Do I need to make changes to httpd.conf?

In httpd.conf you must use:

Code:

AllowOverride AuthConfig

for the directory you want to protect.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bathory (Post 3676917)

In httpd.conf you must use:

Code:

AllowOverride AuthConfig

for the directory you want to protect.

There is not way to contain this in the .htaccess file, not mod httpd.conf for every dir I want to protect?

I'm pretty sure that's a global directive ie you only need to set it once in your httpd.conf file above the dir specific sections.
Check your httpd.conf file, it's probably already there, just commented out.