Apache, htaccess, and htpasswd questions

[NikPreviousAcct]

Does apache have to be restarted in order to recognize a new .htaccess and/or .htpasswd file?

 

[jfall]

no, it doesn't

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Here's my .htaccess in the root directory of my little test webserver at home. I've got shell access set up so I can edit the files remotely:

AuthUserFile /var/www/html/testfolder/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Test Encryption"
AuthType Basic

require user testuser

Here's the .htpasswd file I have in the testfolder:

testuser:tESqKKJFHxWNg

I tried putting the .htaccess file in the testfolder as well, but it still isn't asking for user/pass. What am I doing wrong?

 

[screw3d]

You definitely don't need to restart Apache for that.. but I think you need to enable AllowOverride All (and possibly something else that I can't recall) in <Directory "<your public dir>" in htdocs.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

I'm having a hell of a time finding in-dept how-to's on this that fully explain it other than simple web tutorials that just say "create these two files and you're done" kinda crap.

 

[joinT]

is httpd.conf configured correctly?

http://brasscannon.com/diary/htaccess.html

 

[joinT]

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/auth.html

 

[CTho9305]

I'm having a hell of a time finding in-dept how-to's on this that fully explain it other than simple web tutorials that just say "create these two files and you're done" kinda crap.

Yeah, a lot of docs suck. As others have said, you'll need to make sure you AllowOverride all in your httpd.conf.