.htaccess password protecting folders.

[nathanc]

Hi,
I have a rails site running on 3.2.4 Enterprise.
I am trying to protect a sub folder under public called "protected"
http://easybutton.us/protected/test.html

Server settings for htaccess
Allow Override: X Auth
Access File Name .htaccess

I understand the htaccess chain of command "Server > Vhost > context"

Vhost template and rails context settings for htaccess are not set. This is suppose to default back to the server settings I have above.

This is my .htaccess file

AuthName "Name of Password Protected Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /PATH/TO/.htpasswd
Require valid-user

For some reason its not asking for a password.
Any suggestions?

 

[mistwang]

You can try it on test server with debug logging if you can. If the .htaccess file was loaded, it should show in the error.log.
And make sure to clear you browser cache in case the page was cached.

 

[nathanc]

I figured out the issue.
These settings have to be set for Server, Vhost and context explictly.
"
Allow Override: X Auth
Access File Name .htaccess
"
chain of command seems to be broken.
I have tested on 3 servers.

 

[mistwang]

How about set at vhost only? The server level configuration should be served as the default. We will verify that.