: .htaccess password protection generates 500 internal server error I have created a .htpasswd file using htaccess tools of which I have uploaded to the root of my web hosting space (/public_html

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I have created a .htpasswd file using htaccess tools of which I have uploaded to the root of my web hosting space (/public_html is my web root).

I created a .htaccess file which referenced the .htpasswd as follows:

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Protected Area"
AuthUserFile /.htpasswd
Require valid-user

However when I uploaded this .htaccess file to the directory I want to password protect accessing the folder via the URL in my browser returns a 500 internal server error. I have used this same method before successfully.

Am I referencing the .htpasswd incorrectly? I also uploaded it to /public_html/ in case .htaccess interprets / as the web root, but the error remains.

Any ideas what is wrong?

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The path after AuthUserFile is the place in the filesystem where the file lives, and you need to know where your web hosting space root really is. For example, when I FTP in to my space it looks like the root is / and the web root is /public_html, but in fact on the server the root is /home/companyname and the web root is /home/companyname/public_html. You will need to find out from your hosting company where the files really live. We have cPanel and when I go to the File Manager part I can see the real location for our files (/home/companyname).

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