What am I missing?

[Gerald Combs]

On Sat, 3 May 2003, Bradley Miller wrote:

> Apache 1.3.9 ( I think) and I can't get a .htaccess to work properly on a 
> directory.  I have a directory that needs password authentication, but the 
> system just isn't following the <Directory> nor the .htaccess changes I 
> make.  Any suggestions on what I'm missing?

What does the "AllowOverride" option in the main configuration for that
directory look like?  If it says "AllowOverride: None", the .htaccess file
will be ignored:

    http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#allowoverride