htaccess file protecting but no pass prompt

[dillydally2095]

Hi I have the following in a .htaccess file:

AuthType Basic
AuthName "restricted area"
AuthUserFile /web/clients/.htpasswd
require valid-user

this works in making the directory private, however I get a 403 error and no password/user pop up appears to even give me the chance? Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong, both htaccess and htpasswd are together in the directory I want to protect.

Thanks

[rtrethewey]

The path for AuthUserFile is probably incorrect. Yours reads '/web/clients/', which means that the directory '/web/' should reside in the root directory of the server, which would be unlikely unless you're running a private server. Locate the actual path to your web files and you should be able to construct the correct path to your .htpasswd file, or simply make sure that the .htpasswd file resides in the same directory as the .htaccess file and remove the path information completely.

[dillydally2095]

That worked, thank you!