Password protect web directory with htpasswd on Cherokee

Posted by wdkrnls on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by wdkrnls
Published on 2011-02-07T05:26:21Z Indexed on 2011/02/07 7:27 UTC
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I have a directory on my Cherokee webserver that I am trying to password protect so that when I try to enter it from a web browser, I get a pop up demanding username and password. Needless to say I am getting stuck.

I have created the .htaccess file with:

AuthUserFile /srv/http/protected
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Protected Stuff"
AuthType Basic

Require valid-user

And I used the apache-tools' htpasswd command:

htpasswd -c .htpasswd wdkrnls

I configured Cherokee with a behavior rule on the /protected directory which requires htpasswd authentication and restarted. I get Error 405 Method Not Allowed whenever I navigate there in a directory.

What more do I need to do? Thanks for your help.

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