help with .htpasswd

hello all. i am a newbie apache user and am looking for some quick assistance with my httpd.conf file. I am trying to add a password list file and when I test the configuration file, I get an error saying:

'AuthUserFile takes 1-2 arguments, text file containg user IDs and passwords'

I have a file called .htpasswd in my Apache install directory with the user names and encrypted passwords....
the code looks like the following

userassword

AuthUserFile C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\passwd\ .htpasswd
AuthGroupFile C:\Program Files\Apache Group\
AuthName "The incredibly safe realm"
AuthType Basic
require valid-user

I am not using a Group file, just the .htpasswd file in the shown above code's directory......

What am I doing wrong?
Any help would be great!
Cheers!

how did you create the .htpasswd file?

also in your httpd.conf file did you change this line to allow all like the code below.

#
# AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
# It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
# Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
#
AllowOverride All

also you should use forward slashes instead of backward slashes

AuthName "My Secured Page"
AuthUserFile /blah/blah/.htpasswd
AuthType Basic
require valid-user

i just created a text file in notepad, typed in my code and named it .htpasswd.....i then put this plain text file in a folder under my apache2 default install directory (the same dir as htdocs) i changed the None parameter to All but I still get the same error
when i run the test configuration utility

i tried changing to forward slash and put in your code line by line....still same error. .htpasswd file is not working? here is my code in the .htpasswd file

$

user:encypted password

AuthUserFile C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\passwd\ .htpasswd
AuthGroupFile C:\Program Files\Apache Group\
AuthName "The incredibly safe realm"
AuthType Basic
require valid-user
$

maybe this helps?

post the code from your .htaccess file and your .htpasswd file?

i think you have all your info in the .htpasswd file when that file should only contain the username and the password.

another question, why do you have the $ signs in yoru script there?

i can't u/l the files b/c the forum says its an invalid file type though last time i checked these were text files so i don't know what is up with that....anyway, can i just email you my code instead of trying to post it?
thanks
nate

i can't u/l the files b/c the forum says its an invalid file type though last time i checked these were text files so i don't know what is up with that....anyway, can i just email you my code instead of trying to post it?
thanks
nate

jeesh I cant help because I dont really configure my Apache on my PC, but if you want to upload your file then compress it in .zip

just copy the code in those files and just paste the text on here.

let me show you let me paste my htaccess file

my .htaccess file



see thats all you have to do

ignore the <a href="http://" target="_blank">http://</a> in the file it's supposed to show up like this

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?corvette-online [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?192.100.0.00 [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?corvette-online/.vetnet [NC]
#RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !card\.gif$
#RewriteRule \.(gif|jpe?g)$ card.gif [L]
RewriteRule !403\.shtml$ - [NC,F,L]