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"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 /? –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/ww
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more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Stack Overflow Questions Jobs Documentation Tags htaccess password protect directory Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 4.7 million programmers, just like you, internal server error wordpress helping each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up .htpasswd file leads to server error? up vote 1 down vote favorite Code behind .htaccess file : AuthType Basic AuthName "restricted area" AuthUserFile ".htpasswd" require valid-user http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19060586/htaccess-htpasswd-500-internal-server-error Code behind .htpasswd file : user121:$apr1$bVI1xobF$2ius9YiPaElsFDjD2DK5/0 I login with correct credentials and this is what i get every time i login : Server error! The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there was an error in a CGI script. If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster. Error 500 Update : Apache Error Log : [Fri Jun 06 20:42:30.503554 2014] [authn_file:error] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24078703/htpasswd-file-leads-to-server-error [pid 7536:tid 1760] (OS 2) The system cannot find the file specified. : [client ::1:58747] AH01620: Could not open password file: C:/xampp/apache/.htpasswd, referer: http://localhost/manage/articles/ I cannot place the file in xampp/apache folder on my webhost? .htaccess .htpasswd share|improve this question edited Jun 6 '14 at 9:48 asked Jun 6 '14 at 9:39 Saibbyweb 212316 What does your Apache error log say? –Oldskool Jun 6 '14 at 9:39 i updated the question! –Saibbyweb Jun 6 '14 at 9:49 add a comment| 2 Answers 2 active oldest votes up vote 2 down vote The error log shows you are using a wrong path to the .htpasswd file: Could not open password file: C:/xampp/apache/.htpasswd That tells you it's not located in C:/xampp/apache. Make sure to use the correct path in your .htaccess file. E.g. if your .htpasswd is located under C:/xampp/apache/htdocs/myproject/.htpasswd, set it as such. AuthUserFile C:/xampp/apache/htdocs/myproject/.htpasswd (Although it's best practice not to put .htpasswd inside your htdocs/httpdocs, I just used this path as an example.) If you're sure the path is correct, since you seem to be on a Windows installation, make sure the file is actually called .htpasswd. Windows cannot do this from the Explorer (it forbids to create an "extension only" file), you must do this from a command-line based tool. If you created the .htpasswd in Notepad or such, the file is
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