.htaccess issue on Apache Web Server in Ubuntu VM
- by Neon Flash
I just installed Apache Web Server on Ubuntu 11.04 in VMWare Workstation. I created a basic HTML page, named it index.html and placed it in /var/www directory (document root).
I am able to access this web page from my Host OS (Windows 7), by pointing the browser to:
http://192.168.2.2/index.html
where, 192.168.2.2 is the IP Address of the Ubuntu VM.
Next, to test various configurations of .htaccess files, I created a new directory in /var/www called, members.
Inside this directory, I created and placed a .htaccess file with the following configuration:
AuthUserFile /www/Neon/auth/.htpasswd
AuthName "neon's home"
AuthType Basic
require valid-user
IndexIgnore */*
I created a directory path like /var/www/Neon/auth/
and then placed a .htpasswd file inside it.
To place the username and hash inside the .htpasswd file: I created a username "neon" and calculated the DES hash of a password and placed it inside .htpasswd file in format:
username:hash
Now, when I try to access the web page: http://192.168.2.2/members/
It does not prompt me to enter the username and password with a popup box. Instead it just displays the index.html which is placed inside members directory.
I would like to get this configuration working :)
