RE: [users@httpd] cannot figure out how to add a new user

2014-12-31 Thread Jim Barchuk
HiHi! I have several "htaccess" files and it is unclear which one and from which directory to post. I'm running Apache HTTP Server on a Windows system. The directory that the htaccess is in, that you point the htpasswd to, is the directory that that new username/password will affect. I set

RE: [users@httpd] cannot figure out how to add a new user

2014-12-31 Thread Timothy C. Fritz
ur help. I'm sorry I didn't state my question more clearly the first time. Hopefully what I've added here helps to clarify. Tim -Original Message- From: Jim Barchuk [mailto:j...@jbarchuk.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 4:50 PM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re:

Re: [users@httpd] cannot figure out how to add a new user

2014-12-31 Thread Jim Barchuk
HiHi! I cannot figure out how to add a new user to Apache HTTP Server 2.2. I want to add a "guest" account so that I don't have to give out my own credentials. This is essentially what I've done and everything seems to work, except I can't log into my site with these new credentials: D:\Program

RE: [users@httpd] cannot figure out how to add a new user

2014-12-31 Thread Timothy C. Fritz
? Please excuse my ignorance and less-than-basic knowledge of Apache HTTP Server 2.2. Thanks again! Tim From: Yehuda Katz [mailto:yeh...@ymkatz.net] Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 4:12 PM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: [users@httpd] cannot figure out how to add a new user

Re: [users@httpd] cannot figure out how to add a new user

2014-12-31 Thread Yehuda Katz
What configuration do you have that requires the password (from your config file or htaccess file)? You need to have htpasswd modify the htpasswd file that your configuration is already referring to and you need to make sure you are not requiring a specific username. - Y On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 2

[users@httpd] cannot figure out how to add a new user

2014-12-31 Thread Timothy C. Fritz
I cannot figure out how to add a new user to Apache HTTP Server 2.2. I want to add a "guest" account so that I don't have to give out my own credentials. This is essentially what I've done and everything seems to work, except I can't log into my site with these new credentials: D:\Program Files\Ap