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only takes a minute: Sign up .htaccess/.htpasswd 500 Internal Server Error up vote 23 down vote favorite 5 I'm working on blocking a folder with .htaccess, which I've never used before, and I'm having some trouble. Here's what I have internal server error htaccess .htaccess (located in the folder I want blocked): AuthName "Username and password required" AuthUserFile /.htpasswd Require valid-user AuthType Basic .htpasswd (located at root, password is encrypted in actual file): tim:blah I'm getting 500 Internal Server errors with this and I can't figure out why. apache .htaccess share|improve this question asked Sep 27 '13 at 21:46 Tim Aych 3752627 2 To you what is /.htpasswd, a file inside /home/youraccout/public_html or actually located on the main directory of the file system .htaccess password generator /? –Prix Sep 27 '13 at 21:51 What does your apache error logs say? –Jon Lin Sep 27 '13 at 21:52 I can't access error logs through my host =( and my .htpasswd file is in the uppermost folder I can access, it's not in my pubic_html folder –Tim Aych Sep 27 '13 at 22:04 add a comment| 4 Answers 4 active oldest votes up vote 54 down vote accepted Most likely problem is this line: AuthUserFile /.htpasswd This line should provide full filesystem path to the password file e.g. AuthUserFile /var/www/.htpasswd To discover your filesystem path, you can create a PHP document containing echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; share|improve this answer edited Nov 12 '15 at 15:14 Chuck Le Butt 20.2k30114181 answered Sep 27 '13 at 21:54 anubhava 384k32160233 .htpasswd is in the uppermost folder that I can access –Tim Aych Sep 27 '13 at 22:05 3 Also make sure .htpasswd is not writeable by group and others. –anubhava Sep 27 '13 at 22:07 4 Found the home path. My host kind of hides essential information from me. Thanks. –Tim Aych Sep 27 '13 at 22:07 1 thanks mate!!!! –Daniel Garcia Sanchez May 12 at 10:48 1 Thanks! In my case echo getcwd(); got me the (wrong) relative path. echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; worked well! –Pixelkrieg 7 hours ago | show 1 more comment up vote 4 down vote If nothing helpe
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Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 4.7 million programmers, just like you, helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up htaccess gives 500 - Internal Server Error http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19060586/htaccess-htpasswd-500-internal-server-error up vote 1 down vote favorite 1 I am protecting a html file with htaccess and htpasswd. When I try accessing it, after putting both user and password, instead of loading the "index.html" file I get a "500 - Internal Server Error" AuthName "Restricted Area" AuthType Basic AuthUserFile home/folder/index.html/.htpasswd AuthGroupFile /dev/null require valid-user Any suggestions? Maybe something with the hosting service? .htaccess internal-server-error .htpasswd share|improve this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15598097/htaccess-gives-500-internal-server-error question asked Mar 24 '13 at 11:52 no0ne 82161733 Suggestion: find your error log file and learn how to use it :) –Ben Millwood Mar 24 '13 at 11:54 Is your AuthUserFile correct? I'd think it should be something like AuthUserFile home/folder/.htpasswd –blamonet Mar 24 '13 at 11:54 Thanks blamonet, but it didn't help. I'm looking into Mr. Millwoods suggestion. –no0ne Mar 24 '13 at 12:00 related: stackoverflow.com/questions/19060586/… –Jay Apr 10 '14 at 22:22 add a comment| 2 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 4 down vote First of all, consult the error-log (usually located in /var/log/apache2/error.log) to see the exact cause of the error. If you do not have access to it, check the following: is this technique supported by the server? (ask your provider or admin) is AuthUserFile correct? It seems to be missing a slash and the directory is unusual. I would have suspected something like AuthUserFile /home/webuser/sitefolder/.htpasswd. change the group-file to AuthGroupFile None instead of pointing apache to read /dev/null. Think of /dev/null as a bottom-less trashcan. It's not easy to get anything from there and might be a reason for the server to fai
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htaccess anandamideOctober 9th, 2009, 11:17 AMHi chaps I'm setting up a private webserver and want to make it password protected. However, the page is still displaying with no requirement for a password. I've used htpasswd to create a password, created a .htaccess file and edited the apache config file. .htpasswd is in /home/philip/ .htaccess is in /var/www htaccess reads: AuthType BasicAuthName "Password Required"AuthUserFile /home/philip/.htpasswdRequire User Philip Here's the diff from /etc/apache2/apache2.conf and /etc/apache2/apache2.cong-original: 136c136< AccessFileName /var/www/.htaccess---> AccessFileName .htaccess167c167< HostnameLookups On---> HostnameLookups Off282,290d281<< #Password protect site<