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Article:		Apache Web-Serving with Mac OS X, Part 4
Subject:		Internal Server Error
Date:		2002-02-18 08:18:12
From:		morbus
Response to: Internal Server Error
Two things to verify: - Make sure that "My Company's Authentication" is QUOTED after AuthName. If there are no quotes around it, then it would be considered multiple arguments, and thus you'd get the error. - Make sure that the line encoding of your .htaccess file is set for Unix newlines. If it's Mac or Windows newlines, then that could give the "single argument" warning.

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• Internal Server Error
  2002-03-12 21:11:07  kak [View]
  
  
  I know I'm coming late to the party but I'm having the identical problem described previously. I've setup the .htpasswd file and it seems fine. I have setup a .htaccess file in the directory I want to protect.
  
  Trying to access this directory gives me the 500 internal server error and then the 'AuthName takes one argument' warning in the error log.
  
  I have created the file using sudo pico and then typing it straight in (so I assume the line endings are OK). Is this a correct assumption?
  
  I definitely have quote around the Authname.
  
  The full .htaccess file is:
  
  AuthName "test"
  AuthType Basic
  AuthUserFile /Library/WebServer/.htpasswd
  require user david kim
  
  Anything else I can try - this is killing me!
  
  Oh, and one more thing - is it wise/unwise to use the httpd.conf file to change the name of the .ht files to something that can be more easily written to the system - like apple.htaccess or whatever?
  
  thanks
  

• Internal Server Error
  2002-02-18 09:04:40  hammer09 [View]
  
  
  Thanks morbus, You were absolutely correct. The .htaccess file that I saved had Macintosh line breaks. As soon as I resaved it as Unix, it worked like a charm. Is there a way to make that the standard way that bbedit saves the files? A preference or something? Thanks again for your help and please keep these articles coming or write your own book about serving apache on OSX. I'd be your first customer!
• Internal Server Error
  2002-02-20 12:28:39  Morbus Iff | [View]
  
  
  Yup, you can set BBEdit to automatically save files in Unix linefeeds - I've my 6.5 installation set that way. Take a look-see in your BBEdit Preferences, and I'm sure you'll find it.