htaccess problem on my site

[charlieandlaura2002]

hi,

I'm trying to build my own little site. It's been going pretty well so far. I've built the site, did all the graphics, links all working etc..... .. . .. however... .. .......... onto the tricky bit!

How on earth do I make the .htaccess file call up the pop up window?

The username and password pop-up appears with "AuthUserFile /dev/null" (no inverted commas) so my server does support .htaccess. I am using blueyonder by the way. Problem is that when I change /dev/null to the actual unix path of the .htpasswd file all I get is redirected to a 403 forbidden standard page without any pop ups. Can't understand it! I've been pulling my hair out trying to get it to work!

PLEASE HELP!

Laura x

[edited by: jatar_k at 4:25 pm (utc) on Jan. 21, 2004]
[edit reason] see TOS [webmasterworld.com] [/edit]

[bcolflesh]

You certainly chose the correct carrot to get your problem solved here!

[edited by: jdMorgan at 6:46 pm (utc) on Jan. 21, 2004]
[edit reason] Edited per TOS [/edit]