Protect subdirectory with .htaccess and .htpasswd

eraser

Hi
I want to protect the admin and moderator directory using .htaccess and .htpasswd.

my .htaccess Looks like this

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Password Protected Area"
AuthUserFile /home/eraser/.htpasswd
Require valid-user

my .htpasswd Looks like this
eraser:mypassword

Does anybody have an idea whats wrong with this configuration? I'm some kind of desperate

Thanks in advance,

Cdoe

htpasswd needs to be generated and does not accept plain-text passwords unless you are on windows server

eraser

yes the password is generated with http://www.htaccesstools.com/htpasswd-generator/

WSS

AuthConfig directive not enabled for ~ rewrite, most likely.

varwww

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-password-authentication-with-apache-on-ubuntu-16-04

eraser

thank all of you

i used this how-to https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-password-authentication-with-nginx-on-ubuntu-14-04

and it works perfect

Falzo

@varwww said:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-password-authentication-with-apache-on-ubuntu-16-04

eraser said: i used this how-to https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-password-authentication-with-nginx-on-ubuntu-14-04

next time don't bother sharing essential information in the opening post...