Apache .htacess not working properly (SOLVED)

[Evileye]

Hello everyone,

I'm having a problem with an .htaccess file. Right now I have it setup as follows...

example.com/directory/.htaccess

...when I visit example.com it asks for an username and password but it shouldn't

I want it setup so when I visit example.com/directory/ it asks for a username and password. Anyone know whats wrong or why it's acting this way?

Thanks

[zoidie]

The only thing I can think of is that you have accidentally copied the .htaccess file to a the root directory of the server. The only way I could recreate this behaviour on my test server was copying the .htaccess to /var/www/localhost.

If not that, what is the contents of your .htaccess file?

[Evileye]

I checked all the directories and the .htaccess is in the right place. Here are the contents of my .htaccess

[destroyedlolo]

Did you double/triple check Apache's global configuration ?

[Evileye]

I changed the name of the directory and now it's working. Strange. Don't know what the problem was. The folder was called apps and I renamed it applications

[destroyedlolo]

I'm quite sure it's because you have somewhere in your Apache global configuration files a reference to "apps".

Worth a check

[Evileye]

I completely removed apache from my system including all files in /etc/apache2. I then reinstalled apache and ran into the same problem. Doesn't make any sense to me.