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working on blocking a folder with .htaccess, which I've never used before, and I'm having some trouble. Here's what I have .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 .htaccess password generator 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 /? –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 53 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 384k32160232 .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
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