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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 Mar 18 '13 at 12:00 JakeGould 16.7k62951 asked Mar 18 '13 at 11:56 Leanne Beesley 56113 It should show detailed error report in apache log file, check it first. –aram90 Mar 18 '13 at 11:59 add a comment| 4 Answers 4 active oldest votes up vote 21 down vote You must supply the complete path to your password file, not the relative path
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here for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16807864/htaccess-500-error-after-login-with-authtype-basic Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more http://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/11748/htaccess-password-protection-generates-500-internal-server-error about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Stack Overflow Questions Jobs Documentation Tags Users Badges Ask Question x Dismiss Join the Stack Overflow Community Stack Overflow is a community of 4.7 million programmers, just like you, helping internal server each other. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up .htaccess 500 error after login with AuthType Basic up vote 2 down vote favorite Here's my .htaccess file: AuthType Basic AuthName "LOG IN" AuthUserFile .htpasswd Require valid-user After logging in, I get a 500 error. If I clear the .htaccess file, it works fine. Any ideas? internal server error php apache .htaccess share|improve this question asked May 29 '13 at 7:25 Jake 1,26641633 does the .htpasswd file exist? –steven May 29 '13 at 7:43 if not, here is a fast way to create: htaccesstools.com/htpasswd-generator –steven May 29 '13 at 7:45 Yes, it exists. I did actually use that to create the file. –Jake May 29 '13 at 7:45 Take a look in the error logs –HamZa May 29 '13 at 7:51 add a comment| 3 Answers 3 active oldest votes up vote 18 down vote accepted I think you have to write the full path to your .htpasswd (on linux: /path/to/.htpasswd) From http://weavervsworld.com/docs/other/passprotect.html Troubleshooting Make sure that the path specified in AuthUserFile is the correct full path. This is a major cause of problems. If Apache cannot find the .htpasswd file, then all attempts will fail. Make sure the permissions on the .htaccess and .htpasswd files are set so that Apache can read them. chmod 0644 .htaccess chmod 0644 .htpasswd Other i
for a quick overview of the site Help Center Detailed answers to any questions you might have Meta Discuss the workings and policies of this site About Us Learn more about Stack Overflow the company Business Learn more about hiring developers or posting ads with us Webmasters Questions Tags Users Badges Unanswered Ask Question _ Webmasters Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for pro webmasters. Join them; it only takes a minute: Sign up Here's how it works: Anybody can ask a question Anybody can answer The best answers are voted up and rise to the top .htaccess password protection generates 500 internal server error up vote 1 down vote favorite 1 I have created a .htpasswd file using htaccess tools of which I have uploaded to the root of my web hosting space (/public_html is my web root). I created a .htaccess file which referenced the .htpasswd as follows: AuthType Basic AuthName "Protected Area" AuthUserFile /.htpasswd Require valid-user However when I uploaded this .htaccess file to the directory I want to password protect accessing the folder via the URL in my browser returns a 500 internal server error. I have used this same method before successfully. Am I referencing the .htpasswd incorrectly? I also uploaded it to /public_html/ in case .htaccess interprets / as the web root, but the error remains. Any ideas what is wrong? htaccess security error htpasswd http-code-500 share|improve this question edited Mar 8 '13 at 12:06 Simon Hayter♦ 21.4k43279 asked Apr 6 '11 at 15:53 Steve 6553831 add a comment| 1 Answer 1 active oldest votes up vote 4 down vote accepted The path after AuthUserFile is the place in the filesystem where the file lives, and you need to know where your web hosting space root really is. For example, when I FTP in to my space it looks like the root is / and the web root is /public_html, but in fact on the server the root is /home/companyname and the web root is /home/companyname/public_html. You will need to find out from your hosting company where the files really live