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you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up .htpasswd and .htaccess - internal server error up vote 10 down vote favorite 1 hoping someone might be able to help figure out the problem here! I've been googling for over 2 hours and nothing I try is working... I want to password protect internal server error apache virtual host my website, but as soon as I add in the .htpasswd and .htaccess files I get a server error: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. Here is the code I'm using: .htaccess AuthType Basic AuthName "Top Secret for SongKick eyes only." AuthUserFile /webroot/.htpasswd require valid-user .htpasswd songkick:isS1rCTQE/p8E I've also tried AuthUserFile /.htpasswd (ie. without "webroot", which is the name of the folder it appears to be in in File Manager) but this doesn't work either. I'm using GoDaddy hosting btw, if that makes a difference. Any help is much appreciated - I'm not a developer so don't understand a lot of the terms used in many of the help articles! .htaccess .htpasswd share|improve this question edited
The browser asks me for login username and password, and after I enter correct details, it shows me this "Internal server error" error.
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If there was some issue with .htaccess or .htpasswd files, then
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popup box for entering username and password should not get visible. I wonder what might be the issue internal server error htaccess htpasswd on my new server. authtype basic authuserfile /var/www/vhosts/abc.com/httpdocs/admin/.htpasswd authname "Secure Area" require user admin Both .htaccess and .htpasswd files are in the same folder. Moreover if I include http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15476252/htpasswd-and-htaccess-internal-server-error this line in .htaccess file, it shows internal server error WITHOUT asking me any username or password. authgroupfile /dev/null Please suggest. ScallioXTX 2011-01-18 10:06:48 UTC #2 I also got this error a while back and the problem for me was that the 401 file Apache was linked to didn't exist. To test this create an empty file called https://www.sitepoint.com/community/t/htaccess-internal-server-error-while-trying-to-password-protect-a-directory/6980 401.html in your web root and put ErrorDocument 401 /401.html at the top of your .htaccess If that solves the problem you can amend 401.html with the message you'd like people to see if they don't correctly log in. Natcoweb_com 2011-01-18 12:20:11 UTC #3 johnvicky said: Hi, While trying to password protect a directory with .htaccess, I am receiving "Internal server error". The browser asks me for login username and password, and after I enter correct details, it shows me this "Internal server error" error. If there was some issue with .htaccess or .htpasswd files, then popup box for entering username and password should not get visible. I wonder what might be the issue on my new server. ` authtype basicauthuserfile /var/www/vhosts/abc.com/httpdocs/admin/.htpasswdauthname "Secure Area"require user admin ` Both .htaccess and .htpasswd files are in the same folder. Moreover if I include this line in .htaccess file, it shows internal server error WITHOUT asking me any username or password.
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Please suggest. For errors check the error.log of your website. dklynn
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cPanel to password protect a directory on a website. It was all point-click, so should haveĀ been simple and just work, except it didn't. After entering your login credentials, the server would return an error instead of giving you access to the directory contents: Error 500: Internal Server Error By password protecting the directory, cPanel was adding this to .htaccess in the protected directory: AuthName "Protected!" AuthUserFile "/home/account-name/.htpasswds/public_html/protected-directory/passwd" AuthType Basic require valid-user The problem was that cPanel was putting the password into a file that the apache process could not access. For whatever reason, the apache process could not read .htpasswds/public_html/protected-directory/passwd to check the credentials. The fix was to move the password file to somewhere the apache file could access it. In this case, I put it into the web root: /home/account-name/public_html/.passwd I made it an "hidden" file by prefixing it with a "." and this prevents it from being served up on the website. The AuthUserFile entry was set to point to this file: AuthUserFile "/home/account-name/public_html/.passwd" There will be other ways to solve the problem, other users running the httpd process and other security concerns to take into account, but making sure the password file can be read by the httpd process serving the site from account-name was the key. About Jason Judge View all posts by Jason Judge → WooThemes' Canvas - Main Responsive Menu in Side Bar Watching things move around the world No comments yet. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Comment Name (required) Email (will not be published) (required) Website ContactAcademe Computing Ltd14 Collingwood TerraceWhitley Bay,Tyne and WearNE26 2NPUnited Kingdom