About to shoot apache in the head ! (win32) htaccess

[Sapilas]

Is it true or false:
1. Apache's .htaccess configuration does not work on a win32 system. (= ?????)
2. Apache's .htaccess configuration does work on a linux system. (= TRUE)

???????

If anyone in this planet managed to configure and make the basic Limit user of .htaccess thing work on a win32 box please paste configuration lines..

Paste .htpasswd & .htaccess that work.

Thanks..

PS. I have searched everywhere noone know the true... R we alone on this planet ?

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Please reply soon or else I am gonna kill the guy that thought of creating apache !

 

[n0cmonkey]

"Win32 does not like the .htaccess filename. Use htaccess instead."

from here.

 

[Nothinman]

Windows GUI doesn't like filenames that start with a . But if you use CLI tools on them it works fine.

 

[Czar]

change the default htaccess file name from .htaccess to something like ht.access or something.

It should work.

I'v managed to get htaccess to work on windows

 

[Sapilas]

well I have been there . . done that . . . . Just to be sure I donot use the .htaccess file I include my configuration in the httpd.conf file..

I get the prompt to enter my details . .but never manage to authenticate correctly.
I use something like:

#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~my lines in the httpd.conf~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

<Directory "C:/nusphere/apache/htdocs/phpmysql">
AuthUserFile "C:/nusphere/apache/htdocs/phpmysql/htpasswd"
#AuthGroupFile "C:/nusphere/apache/htdocs/mysqlas/group"
AuthName Admin
AuthType Basic
AllowOverride Limit
<Limit GET>
require user a
</Limit>
</Directory>
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

and my htpasswd file is something like

aassword

There is a File in my /apache/bin directory called htpasswd.exe to create the encrypted passwords, so I guess that there is a way that this thing works but havn't seen anyone saying so..