500 Internal Server Error...

Hi everyone. I recently set up an apache server on my computer, and
everything works fine. However, I wanted to test a directory to see
if it could use authentication. I made a password file called
"passwords" out of the web root and a group file
"groups". In the groups file I made a group called test. I
entered this at the end of my httpd.conf file:

<Directory "C:/Program Files/Apache
Group/Apache/htdocs/work">
AuthType Basic
AuthName "work"
AuthUserFile "C:/Program Files/Apache
Group/Apache/bin/passwords"
AuthGroupFile "C:/Program Files/Apache
Group/Apache/bin/groups"
Require group test
</directory>

Other than that, I have in no way altered the httpd.conf file (except
to enable php), and everytime I go to that directory (I even tried it
from other computers accessing me via web), I get this:

Internal Server Error
The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was
unable to complete your request, etc.

Could somebody help me with this please...people have said I might
need to change some part of the httpd.conf file but I'm not sure
what to do...

Thanks! :blink:



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I don't really know about setting passwords in the conf file, however
you could try using .htaccess.. Just a suggestion.

  --› cF ‹c0ldfusi0n@mtl2600.org›



Doagie wrote:

 >Hi everyone. I recently set up an apache server on my computer, and
 >everything works fine. However, I wanted to test a directory to see
 >if it could use authentication. I made a password file called
 >"passwords" out of the web root and a group file
 >"groups". In the groups file I made a group called test. I
 >entered this at the end of my httpd.conf file:
 >
 ><Directory "C:/Program Files/Apache
 >Group/Apache/htdocs/work">
 >AuthType Basic
 >AuthName "work"
 >AuthUserFile "C:/Program Files/Apache
 >Group/Apache/bin/passwords"
 >AuthGroupFile "C:/Program Files/Apache
 >Group/Apache/bin/groups"
 >Require group test
 ></directory>
 >
 >Other than that, I have in no way altered the httpd.conf file (except
 >to enable php), and everytime I go to that directory (I even tried it
 >from other computers accessing me via web), I get this:
 >
 >Internal Server Error
 >The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was
 >unable to complete your request, etc.
 >
 >Could somebody help me with this please...people have said I might
 >need to change some part of the httpd.conf file but I'm not sure
 >what to do...
 >
 >Thanks! :blink:
 >
 >
 >
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