Internal Server Error
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There is a very simple explanation but it took me lots of time to discover the reason. Well, I'm not as good as I would like to be ;)
The reason -> FILE PERMISSION!!!
All directories have to have +xr access for the web server. You may have to make o+xr them.
Also the .htpasswd and .htaccess have to be accessible for the web browser.
Here is my .htaccess in the directory I want to have password protected:
AuthUserFile /home/myhome/.htpasswds/.htpasswd
AuthName "Login Area"
AuthType Basic
require valid-user
Since the web server is 'hosted', so the best thing to do is to run the phpinfo() on the web browser (create p.php file and put <?php phpinfo(); ?> in it) and look for DOCUMENT_ROOT to see where really are your web files located.
Make sure that all the directories leading to .htpasswd and .htaccess are having proper 'read/execute' attributes (644)
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