Password protected folder help

[kopite]

Hey everyone.

I have been trying to password protect a folder using .htaccess and .htpasswd file

.htaccess file as follows.

uthName .Admin Area.
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /var/www/###.co.uk/.htpasswd
require valid-user
php_flag register_globals 1

Everytime I try and access the folder however i get an error 500. I have edited the vhost file for the domain and set AllowOverride All. But this still happens.

Any idea?

[till]

If you get an error in the browser, take a look in the error log of the website to find the reason for it.

In the first line of your .htaccess file is a typo, it must be:

AuthName "Admin Area"

and do not edit the vhost file manually as all manual edits will get removed automatically.

[kopite]

Spelling mistake isnt in the proper .htaccess file and was due to bad copypasta

The rror logs show:

[Wed Feb 17 11:36:07 2010] [alert] [client 212.23.9.240] /var/www/####.co.uk/web/test/.htaccess: AuthName takes one argument, The authentication realm (e.g. "Members Only")

[till]

Ok, then the error was what I posted above. Please change the line as I told you incl. the correct quotes.

[kopite]

Doh I hadnt twigged on that the " had been changed to .

Feel like a complete idiot now

Thanks for the help till