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OK read the forum but nothing i could find on this problem.

Installed xampp all fine changed document root for my websites to

srv/domains/DOMAIN NAMES

however kept document root at

Program Files/xampp/htdocs

So problem is if i place a .htaccess file into HTDOCS and type in LOCALHOST in my browser i get the pop up box for username and password Now if i place the htaccess file in the root of my website i get nothing.

my question is how do i get my sites to use the htaccess file,

the url in question is www.seeders.co.uk

Are you using the same .htaccess file in both locations?

This is not possible as the .htaccess for your htdocs directory refers to an xampp.user file in the xampp/security directory that is encrypted with the password and the htdocs directory path.

You will need to create another .htaccess/.htpasswd pair for your web site directory.

Google for generators.

i created a new htaccess file but nothing works it still shows the site and i used the generator also that didnt work

Example:

htaccess

AuthUserFile /srv/www/seeders.co.uk/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Password Protected Area"
AuthType Basic

<limit GET POST>
require valid-user
</limit>

password file

Test:Tegj/We2QdsGU

Both placed in website root but still nothing works

thekingofcaseys wrote:i created a new htaccess file but nothing works it still shows the site and i used the generator also that didnt work

Example:

htaccess

AuthUserFile /srv/www/seeders.co.uk/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Password Protected Area"
AuthType Basic

<limit GET POST>
require valid-user
</limit>

password file

Test:Tegj/We2QdsGU

Both placed in website root but still nothing works

Your file locations look Linux-ish.. AuthUserFile and AuthGroupFile in your setup above is listing a folder structure with it.. is that actually the folder structure that's on your system? It won't work if it cant find the files.

Test:Tegj/We2QdsGU

This is not an Apache Specific Password

Here is a correct .htaccess and .htpasswd

.htaccess

AuthUserFile /srv/www/domain.com/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Password Protected Area"
AuthType Basic

<limit GET POST>
require valid-user
</limit>

.htpasswd

Admin:$apr1$zE3.....$nGJTynddgh/FcLX5P10CN0