Place the file within the directory you want protected, most likly your Admin directory.

But if I wanted to password protect the entire board and allow the users on my board to use there user/pass to get in then I would place it in the main board directory?

place it in the forum directory....

This is pretty pointless and users will have to login twice with the same password. Also starting a new browser session will mean they have to login again for no reason.

I agree with NTLDR. It only makes sense if it's a separate password.

So there is not added protect using the htaccess over the normal board login?

Mark

???

You add a SECOND username and password, not the same one. Otherwise, it's a redundant extra step.

Erwin and NTLDR are right that it is senceless that you have your members login twice, but I was primarly looking for something like this for my download section.. not the entire board.

If anyone can help me with that part would be great, I know that there is a beta pafiledb hack being worked on but its not exactly what I was looking for even though pafiledb is what I am using.

Okay, getting back to this nasty 500 error. mod_auth_mysql IS compiled into apache and loaded (at least phpinfo said so).

I don't really understand why i get a 500, everything seems correct, mysqlserver, database, dbusername, dbpassword. Any tips? I've also tried several htaccess-Setup-Tips, ie from the programmers page. After setting "AuthSQLAuthoritative On", I get the 500 again.

I should say that the server is using Apache 1.3.26 with php 4.1.0, using on a plesk system on Linux 2.4.2-2. So I am not really sure which mod_auth_mysql is excactly being used. I noticed some mod_mysql_auth modules and also a patched version. As I don't suppose to find out (as a normal user) which version is currently compiled into Apache, I'm out of ideas. (And: yes I am aware of the different ways how to handle mod_auth_mysql w. patch, mod_auth_mysql wo. patch, mod_mysql_auth - didn't change)

Flashfunk

// edit: Sorry for pushing such an antique thread.

You can use my .htaccess generator at http://www.webdesignforums.net/?styleid=3 (click "hide/show" for Web Design Tools). It just constructs the .htaccess and .htpasswd files for you, although it doesn't integrate with vB's db or any other db.