.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

If nothing helped and you're using PHP you can make it work by putting this in your index.php (on top):

if (isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER']) && isset($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'])) {
    if ($_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_USER'] != 'user' || 
        $_SERVER['PHP_AUTH_PW'] != 'pass') {

        header('WWW-Authenticate: Basic realm="Protected area"');
        header('HTTP/1.0 401 Unauthorized');

        die('Login failed!');
    }
}