.htaccess/.htpasswd 500 Internal Server Error

Question

I\'m working on blocking a folder with .htaccess, which I\'ve never used before, and I\'m having some trouble. Here\'s what I have

.htaccess (located in the folder I

Answer 1

Most likely problem is this line:

AuthUserFile /.htpasswd 

This line should provide full filesystem path to the password file e.g.

AuthUserFile /var/www/.htpasswd 

To discover your filesystem path, you can create a PHP document containing

echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];