apache 1.3: realms and .htaccess

[Blaqb0x]

Hi,

Im trying to set up an authenticated page. For practice suppose I wanted to give access to the default page but secure a subdirectory of the default home directory.

homedir (anonymous access)
|
---> subdir ( plaintext authentication)

I edit the httpd.conf file and add this

<Directory "/my/web/home/subdir">
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /my/password/file
AuthName "Secret Place"
Require user jughead
</Directory>

restart apache

Now I go to the url of the web server and I get asked for a password(im not accessing the subdir)! And when i hit cancel at this page 3 times it lets me see the page anyway??!
Why? I actually want the opposite to happen. Authentication is needed to
get to a directory and any subdirectories. (This is my main question, does this actually happen if I protect a directory) What exactly is a realm as defined by AuthName? apache docs don't go into detail.

thanx,

[Compunuts]

It has been a long time since I've done this ( or I've actively administer a web site since I've got very busy with my own business ) so I will just comment on the setting of yours.

[quote author=Blaqb0x link=board=4;threadid=5627;start=0#54101 date=1037667575]
<Directory "/my/web/home/subdir">
[/quote]
The quotes are not needed. And in fact, it may be what cause it to ignore it. The correct way is

<Directory /complete/directory/of/file>

And make sure you've got the complete path of the directory ( or at least to what after Apache's document root directory ).