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the easiest way to test if you have the correct password file, cat /hsphere/local/home/myacco<wbr />untname/.h<wbr />tpasswd<br />
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It should show you a line by line list of all the users. &nbsp;If this is the correct file, make sure that it is at least readable by the web server, setting it rw, isn't exactly recommended.<br />
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Remove AuthGroupFile /dev/null, if you don't want to specify a file, just don't include the directive.<br />
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As for the rest, it appears perfectly fine.<br />
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After you have checked these two things, try to authenticate again, if their is an initial failure, can you paste teh output of error.log from apache.
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Do you have access to your apache logfiles (access.log and error.log)?
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I'm afraid I don't have access to the apache log files.
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OK, then could you please try to use the following .htaccess file and make sure that its permissions are set to 644:<br />
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chmod 644 .htaccess<br />
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Can I see the contents of your .htpasswd file, please?<br />

<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-123602"><span>AuthType basic</span>
<span>AuthName &quot;prompt&quot;</span>
<span>AuthUserFile /hsphere/local/home/myaccountname/.htpasswd</span>
<span>Require valid-user</span>
</code></pre>
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Have removed Remove AuthGroupFile /dev/null, the password works as before. Apart from that no change.
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But you still need to enter it twice?<br />
Could it be that the first prompt does not come from your website but from anything else (a proxy server or something like this?). The title of the auth box should read &quot;prompt&quot; in your case, is this true for both windows that appear?
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The message reads:<br />
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In windows:<br />
Connect to www.mydomain.com&nbsp; &nbsp;(is the heading in dark blue)<br />
The server www.mydomain.com&nbsp;requires a user name and password. <br />
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In firefox:<br />
Blue Heading: Authentication Required<br />
Enter username and password for prompt&nbsp;at <a href="http:www.mydomain" rel="ugc">http:www.mydomain</a>&nbsp;.com<br />
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Both messages are the same both times they appear.<br />
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In the .htpasswd file there is just one test user and nothing else that is<br />
John:Encrypted_Password<br />
There is no code before or after this.<br />
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The permissions for both files are: 644<br />
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This is the answer; your personal knowledge base is pretty good. Indeed by simply adding the slash at the end of the URL you do not get the prompt twice. Problem solved.<br />
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Thank you ever so much.<br />
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D<br />

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I have just created an htaccess password protected directory. <br />
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The first time you enter the username and password it does not let you in to the directory it just slows you the enter password dialog box again.<br />
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The user name and password does work the second time you enter them.<br />
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The only issue I encountered when setting up the htaccess password was with the path to the .htpasswd file.<br />
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The code I am using is as follows: <br />
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AuthType basic<br />
AuthName &quot;prompt&quot;<br />
AuthUserFile /hsphere/local/home/myacco<wbr />untname/.h<wbr />tpasswd<br />
AuthGroupFile /dev/null<br />
Require valid-user<br />
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It is a linux server.<br />
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Perhaps I still dont have the path to the password file just right?<br />
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Can anyone advise?<br />
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Many thanks - D<br />

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I have just created an htaccess password protected directory. 

The first time you enter the username and password it does not let you in to the directory it just slows you the enter password dialog box again.

The user name and password does work the second time you enter them.

The only issue I encountered when setting up the htaccess password was with the path to the .htpasswd file.

The code I am using is as follows: 

AuthType basic
AuthName "prompt"
AuthUserFile /hsphere/local/home/myaccountname/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
Require valid-user

It is a linux server.

Perhaps I still dont have the path to the password file just right?

Can anyone advise?


Many thanks - D


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