using SHA or MD5 passwords in password file

hi

using the authentication system in apache, i saw that one can create SHA
or MD5 passwords with htpasswd.

i tried this, but then i could not log in to the protected pages.
AuthType is set to Basic in the configuration, should this be changed
perhaps?

stig

"stig" <_nospam_stigerikson DeleteThis @yahoo.se> wrote in message
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 > hi
 >
 > using the authentication system in apache, i saw that one can create SHA
 > or MD5 passwords with htpasswd.
 >
 > i tried this, but then i could not log in to the protected pages.
 > AuthType is set to Basic in the configuration, should this be changed
 > perhaps?
 >
 > stig

No, I don't think it has to be changed. I use it on a system (XP, Apache
2.0.48, PHP4.3.4) and it works without changes. BTW, on XP apparantly MD5 is
used by default.

Have you got the right .htaccess in place (in the directory you want to use
authentication for)?

Mine looks like this:

AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile "c:/webroot/private/.htpasswd"
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Members Area"
<Limit GET>
require valid-user
</Limit>

(Thanks to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.scriptsharks.com/articles/htaccess.php," target="_blank">http://www.scriptsharks.com/articles/htaccess.php,</a> where I found
it. Also find there where to set the AllowOverride None clause in
httpd.conf)

Good luck!
jan

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