htaccess / htpasswd protection

[The Bish]

On my http://verbaldouche.com account I was able to protect certain directories using the htaccess / htpasswd method but when I try to do the exact same thing for my http://prosper-living.com account I get 404 error message. Is there some server configuration which needs to be set in order to use this type of protection? I don't see how there could be a difference in the setups of each VPS account but something is different.

Thanks,
R

 

[khiltd]

No clue why you'd get a 404, but you do need to have an AccessFileName and an AllowOverride directive in httpd.conf in order for .htaccess files to work.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/core.html#accessfilename

 

[KH-Paul]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe I've seen a discussion regarding this problem in one of the support tickets and the reason for 404 error was related to some sort of custom configuration in the .htaccess file.

Regards,
Paul