I+m trying make a folder on my server protected by .htaccess & .htpasswd. When I try to enter the folder in question I'm asked for a password like I want. But then when the page is loaded I get a 500 error, which also happens on all pages on my site now. With ErrorDocument 500 it says:
This webpage has a redirect loop
The webpage at http://example.com/test/folder/ has resulted in too many redirects. ...
This is what my .htaccess file looks like:
ErrorDocument 500 http://81.18.24.170/test/appload/
AuthName "Restricted Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /test/folder/admin/.htpasswd
require valid-user
Can anyone see a problem or something that I've missed to make it work?
EDIT: I had the rewrite rule to prevent the 301 error I get for to many redirects. (Found in another solution but it didn't help.) So I just want to get rid of the 500 error.
When you are putting the file path for the AuthUserFile, make sure you use the FULL filepath from your root directory, for example:
AuthUserFile /var/www/html/test/folder/admin/.htpasswd
A similar issue was discussed in this thread: htaccess / htpasswd in subdir