https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1018927 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/server-side-scripting/htaccess-keep-prompt-username-and-password#comment-1112027 <p>are you putting the encrypted password like so:<div class="codeblock"><code>admin:CHWSDADF/14</code></div>' or whatever your encrypted password is? you have to do it like that</p> Wed, 31 Jul 2002 19:37:31 +0000 brady.k comment 1112027 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/server-side-scripting/htaccess-keep-prompt-username-and-password#comment-1111950 <p>joyce,</p> <p>First of all, if your document root directory is /hom/abc/public_html, then make sure you have the .htpasswd file _outsite_ of your document root directory. Then move your .htaccess file to the directory which you want to protect. Keep in mind that all sub directories will also be protected. Make sure the path in your .htaccess file is correct to the .htpasswd file. Other than that, your .htaccess file looks fine as far as I can see.</p> <p>Another thing I can think of is that .htaccess files are not shown in FTP clients, so you might have a copy of your .htaccess file in the wrong directory, double check that if you like.</p> Tue, 30 Jul 2002 04:42:15 +0000 zollet comment 1111950 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/server-side-scripting/htaccess-keep-prompt-username-and-password#comment-1111947 <p>i used the password generator to generate password and save it as .htpasswd. and upload it to a different directory outside the .htaccess file.</p> Tue, 30 Jul 2002 00:38:04 +0000 joyce comment 1111947 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net https://www.webmaster-forums.net/server-side-scripting/htaccess-keep-prompt-username-and-password#comment-1111944 <p>at first glance it looks ok, are you using htpasswd to modify the .htpasswd file?</p> Mon, 29 Jul 2002 14:22:55 +0000 ROB comment 1111944 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net