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sorry to ask this again, I know that it's been asked before but I've literally read every discussion for trouble shooting and I'm still having problems

heres my code:

AllowOverride AuthConfig
AuthUserFile path/index/.htpasswd
AuthType Basic
AuthName "restricted area"
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
require valid-user

whenever I delete the .htaccess from the server the pages run normally but when I re-add the .htaccess I get the internal server error. It's really weird because occasionally an enter your password window comes up even but when I enter the password the window reappears, as if the password was entered incorrectly, and when I reload the page I get the 500 server error. Thanks in advance for the much needed help!!!

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I think you have a syntax error in .htaccess...can you show us this file ? –  user2196728 Nov 21 '13 at 2:23
    
What's your error logs say? –  Jon Lin Nov 21 '13 at 2:35
    
I don't know how to access the error logs.. also that's all that I have in .htaccess –  user3015721 Nov 21 '13 at 2:43

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This line:

AllowOverride AuthConfig

Is probably what's causing you the error. The AllowOverride directive tells apache what is allowed to be used in things like htaccess files. So obviously, it's not something you can set in your htaccess file. AllowOverride needs to be in the server or vhost config, and the AuthConfig part of it tells apache that you can have auth directives (like AuthType, AuthName, etc) in an htaccess file.

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I added the line because I saw that as an answer somewhere, and without the line the code still doesn't work- do you know how to add the allowoverride to the server or to see if it's already there? –  user3015721 Nov 21 '13 at 3:06
    
@user3015721 You need to add it to your vhost or server config. Depending on your setup or your OS/linux distro, it could be done in a number of different places. See: help.ubuntu.com/community/EnablingUseOfApacheHtaccessFiles –  Jon Lin Nov 21 '13 at 3:12
    
what if there is no file with this etc/apache2/sites-available/default name? –  user3015721 Nov 21 '13 at 3:14
    
@user3015721 there's a ton of places it could be, google for your os and/or your linux distribution. –  Jon Lin Nov 21 '13 at 4:37

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