.htaccess

[Ray Strode]

> and ran the htpasswd program to create .htpassword in the same dir 
> as the root html files.  Its as if the server doesn't see them because 
> a pass prompt never comes up and I can get right to the pages, I've been 
> to several "tutorial" pages but apparently I've missed something.  I'm 
> using redhat 7.1, any ideas?
Firstly, don't put your .htpassword file anywhere under the document root,
if someone gets access to it, they can easily brute force on there own 
computer until they find the password without your logs knowing anything.
Secondly, what does
cat /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf | grep AuthType 
list?

--Ray