Article:		Apache Web Serving with Jaguar, Part 4
Subject:		passwd auth "i only get internal server error 500"
Date:		2003-06-09 22:19:17
From:		anonymous2
i've followed your instructions on passwd auth and i only get an internal server error 500. i've tryed various browsers and i get the same results. does anyone have any advice. thanks,

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• passwd auth "i only get internal server error 500"
  2003-07-16 09:25:27  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  same problem for me...i checked the error log and it says, "[Wed Jul 16 08:44:08 2003] [alert] [client 127.0.0.1] /Library/WebServer/Documents/.htaccess: AuthName takes one argument, The authentication realm (e.g. "Members Only")...
• passwd auth "i only get internal server error 500"
  2003-10-10 03:15:26  anonymous2 [View]
  
  
  i had the same problem - i'd created the .htaccess file lazily, by pasting from the webpage into bbedit... :)
  
  my fix was to ensure that the file was saved with unix line endings, and to "zap gremlins" in bbedit (i.e. delete non-ascii characters, control characters, null characters / filter line feeds).
  
  good luck,
  
  gjh