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Do you have access to the server's configuration files? If so, this should be done there instead. If not, processing of the .htaccess files may be disabled with an AllowOverride directive which could be the cause of this not working.
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Do you have access to the server's configuration files? If so, this should be done there instead. If not, processing of the .htaccess files may be disabled with an AllowOverride directive which could be the cause of this not working.

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yes I have ROOT access to server: what should I do ?
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yes I have ROOT access to server: what should I do ?

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My goal is to password protect site: <br />
(site is avaible in /var/www)<br />
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I have put an .htaccess into /var/www/.htaccess<br />
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<a href="http://www.elite-voyance.com" rel="ugc">www.elite-voyance.com</a>&nbsp;<br />
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here is the content: <br />

<pre><code id="code-10-27836830-1">Authname &quot;login&quot;
AuthUserFile /var/www/.htpasswd
AuthType Basic
require valid-user</code></pre>
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I have the mod rewrite enable as shown in: <br />
<a href="http://www.elite-voyance.com/phpinfo.php" rel="ugc">http://www.elite-voyance.com/phpinfo.php</a><br />
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Loaded Modules &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;core mod_log_config mod_logio prefork http_core mod_so mod_actions mod_alias mod_auth_basic mod_authn_file mod_authz_default mod_authz_groupfile mod_authz_host mod_authz_user mod_autoindex mod_cgi mod_deflate mod_dir mod_env mod_fcgid mod_include mod_mime mod_negotiation mod_php5 mod_reqtimeout <b>mod_rewrite</b> mod_setenvif mod_ssl mod_status mod_suexec mod_suphp <br />
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<b>and NOTHING: it seems .htaccess has no effect at all </b><br />
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What am I doing wrong ?
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My goal is to password protect site: 
(site is avaible in /var/www)


I have put an .htaccess into /var/www/.htaccess

www.elite-voyance.com 

here is the content: 
(CODE)


I have the mod rewrite enable as shown in: 
http://www.elite-voyance.com/phpinfo.php

Loaded Modules 	core mod_log_config mod_logio prefork http_core mod_so mod_actions mod_alias mod_auth_basic mod_authn_file mod_authz_default mod_authz_groupfile mod_authz_host mod_authz_user mod_autoindex mod_cgi mod_deflate mod_dir mod_env mod_fcgid mod_include mod_mime mod_negotiation mod_php5 mod_reqtimeout mod_rewrite mod_setenvif mod_ssl mod_status mod_suexec mod_suphp 


and NOTHING: it seems .htaccess has no effect at all 

What am I doing wrong ?

.htaccess no effect

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