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From: Tony Su (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/23/04

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    Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:52:53 -0800

    Use Windows authentication instead.
    Does not use ht-anything, that's legacy and "other OS"
    stuff.

    Tony Su
    >-----Original Message-----
    >Three years ago someone gave me the use of a 10 meg
    website he got for free
    >when signing up for Earthlink. He has since moved away
    and I don't know
    >where he is, but the site is still okay and I can upload
    to it with WS_FTP
    >LE.
    >
    >What I want to do now is create a protected folder
    using .htaccess and
    >..htpasswd. But I don't know the exact pathname to use to
    get to the folder
    >with the passwd. Is it possible to put both ht files in
    the same folder and
    >put in the simple pathname:
    >
    >AuthUserFile ./.htpasswd
    >
    >So that the first dot indicates to look in the same
    directory folder?
    >I've tried this and it doesn't seem to work. the "Enter
    Password" box comes
    >up three times and then I am locked out. Am I doing
    something wrong?
    >
    >Does anyone know a workaround? All I want to do is passwd
    protect one folder
    >so I can share it privately with one other person.
    >
    >Windows Me
    >IE6
    >WS_FTP LE
    >
    >
    >.
    >

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