.htpasswd

[GlacierBill]

I have turned on the .htpasswd option in apache (Apache version 2.2.6) I have these directives in place

AccessFileName .htaccess

<Files ~ "^\.ht">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>

but get a 500 Internal Server Error

Any ideas?

[um_nirvani]

What does the logs say(apache error_log)?
Also check for mod_authz_host (run httpd -M)

[GlacierBill]

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** Error Log **
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[01/Feb/2009:10:24:24 -0600] "GET /weblogs/ssl_request HTTP/1.0" 500 591

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** httpd -M **
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[Sun Feb 01 09:59:59 2009] [warn] module unique_id_module is already loaded, skipping
[Sun Feb 01 09:59:59 2009] [warn] module perl_module is already loaded, skipping
Loaded Modules:
core_module (static)
mpm_prefork_module (static)
http_module (static)
so_module (static)
auth_digest_module (shared)
ldap_module (shared)
include_module (shared)
log_config_module (shared)
env_module (shared)
mime_magic_module (shared)
cern_meta_module (shared)
expires_module (shared)
deflate_module (shared)
headers_module (shared)
usertrack_module (shared)
unique_id_module (shared)
setenvif_module (shared)
mime_module (shared)
dav_module (shared)
status_module (shared)
autoindex_module (shared)
asis_module (shared)
info_module (shared)
dav_fs_module (shared)
vhost_alias_module (shared)
negotiation_module (shared)
dir_module (shared)
actions_module (shared)
speling_module (shared)
userdir_module (shared)
alias_module (shared)
rewrite_module (shared)
proxy_module (shared)
proxy_ftp_module (shared)
proxy_http_module (shared)
proxy_connect_module (shared)
cache_module (shared)
suexec_module (shared)
disk_cache_module (shared)
file_cache_module (shared)
mem_cache_module (shared)
cgi_module (shared)
perl_module (shared)
authz_host_module (shared)
annodex_module (shared)
auth_kerb_module (shared)
mysql_auth_module (shared)
auth_pam_module (shared)
auth_sys_group_module (shared)
auth_pgsql_module (shared)
authz_ldap_module (shared)
fcgid_module (shared)
auth_shadow_module (shared)
dnssd_module (shared)
extract_forwarded_module (shared)
geoip_module (shared)
mono_module (shared)
security2_module (shared)
suphp_module (shared)
nss_module (shared)
php5_module (shared)
proxy_ajp_module (shared)
python_module (shared)
rev_module (shared)
ssl_module (shared)
dav_svn_module (shared)
authz_svn_module (shared)

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** I found this is the mod **
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HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
Content-Length: 603
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1

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Stopwatch: 1233505027677271 2586 (- - -)
Producer: ModSecurity v2.1.3 (Apache 2.x)
Server: Apache

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