.htaccess doesn't work with .htpasswd

apache shared hosting at godaddy.com

[passfans]

First of all, excuse my poor language

recently,i found out some people are trying to download url from hotlinks where i was intend to do charging service with many wma and mp3 files. To prevent this problem, i decided to creat a protected directory which requires paid user authetication.

I'm using linux shared hosting with apache from godaddy.com, i read
help articles which says i can put .htaccess at protected directory and .htpasswd at /home/content/l/o/g/login_name/html/. then i did,
the good thing is when i enter protected directory, borwser pops up for user name and password, the bad thing is browser wouldn't let me in even i can ensure the password i typed is fully correct.

here is my .htaccess file

AuthName Enterpassword
AuthUserFile /home/content/l/o/g/login_name/html/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthType Basic
Require valid-user

here is my .htpasswd file (crypt with 123456:123456)

123456:0Sz0qZK6PrLqk

can anyone tell me what problem could possibly be?

[passfans]

By the way.

1. /home/content/l/o/g/login_name/html/ is sample path, i used mine instead!
2. does httpd.conf or php.ini needed? cuz i didn't found any of those files on my root or sub directory.

[phranque]

welcome to WebmasterWorld, pf!

make sure you have

AllowOverride AuthConfig

set in your configuration.
also, i'm not sure if the null AuthGroupFile works against you but it's not necessary.

[passfans]

AllowOverride AuthConfig

Thanks for your reply
but i'm not sure how to config this file
can you paste a full config file here i can make sample with?
thank you very much

[passfans]

.htaccess (I put it [mydomain.com...]

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Members Area"
AuthUserFile /home/content/l/o/g/login_name/html/.htpasswd
require valid-user

.htpasswd (I put it /home/content/l/o/g/login_name/html/)

123456:cwc9eWGIM9r5M

httpd.conf (I put it /etc/httpd/htdocs/)

<Directory \"/membersdownload\">
Options Indexes FollowSymlinks
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Order Allow,Deny
Allow From all
AuthName "Members Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /home/content/l/o/g/login_name/html/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Directory>

wiondow pops up, but password still not working.
any comments on this?

[phranque]

look at the server error logs - there should be an error there if your directives are wrong.

another thing i thought of that you can check is to make sure the permissions on the .ht* files are correct for access by the server.

you might want to look at the following to sort out all the issues:
[httpd.apache.org...]
[httpd.apache.org...]

[passfans]

look at the server error logs - there should be an error there if your directives are wrong.
another thing i thought of that you can check is to make sure the permissions on the .ht* files are correct for access by the server.

you might want to look at the following to sort out all the issues:
[httpd.apache.org...]
[httpd.apache.org...]

phranque, thanks for your help..i've checked user manule, but couldn't find any useful keywords. no error logs at all or i
didn't find it on the server. if you feel comfortable, i'd like to
give you my ftp account to check for me. send me a pm please