Hi there -- Thanks for your reply. I checked the error.log file, and I came across the following entry:
[Tue Jan 04 11:08:34 2011] [alert] [client 132.183.12.230] /var/www/logs/.htaccess: AuthUserFile takes 1-2 arguments, text file containing user IDs and passwords. I checked the .htaccess file, and it turns out there was a 'white space' in the file that was causing the problem. Once I removed that, the authentication worked. Thanks for the help. -----Original Message----- From: Eric Covener [mailto:cove...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2011 12:04 PM To: users@httpd.apache.org Subject: Re: [us...@httpd] Problem with setting up authentication on an Apache2 server > When I restarted the computer, and tried to access the page in question, I > was confronted with a 500 Internal Server Error message. What does your error log say? --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org