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["adrian.wells" <adrian.wells@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Can anyone help please?

I'm using apache, for our intranet (also using squid, but this is bypassed
for local addresses) and want to password protect a folder at...

file:/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/ict

This equates to http://myipaddress/ict/  on a browser

This folder also contains my .htaccess file which contains the following
text...

<SNIP>
AuthType Basic
AuthName "ict Dept. Only"
AuthUserFile  /.htpasswd/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/ict/PASSWD
require valid-user
</SNIP>


I have tried several paths for my Password file(!), but it is now at...

file:/.htpasswd/usr/local/httpd/htdocs/ict/


This contains my PASSWD file. I have one password in the format
user:password crlf

My first attempt for the PASSWD file was...

file:/.htpasswd/ict/

Which seemed logical since the ict folder is in the root of the intranet.


I can browse directly to http://myipaddress/ict/ from a browser on a
networked machine.

What am I doing wrong?