On 2014-01-13 18:29, keith smith wrote: > RewriteEngine On > RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} folder > RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.domain.tld/folder/$1 [R,L] > > AuthUserFile /path/to/password/file/.htpasswd_file > AuthType Basic > AuthName "Log in Please" > require user username > > It allows me to authenticate, however sometimes it is HTTP and other > times it is HTTPS. Is this in a vhost? I would think you'd be better off putting all of this into a in a config file, not a .htwhatever file if you can swing that. Anyway, the following worked a tiny bit bit better for me than the things you had: # NOTE: You'll have to alter the paths for your setup RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://crow202.org/folder/$1 [R=301,L] AuthUserFile /var/www/localhost/htdocs/folder/.htpassword AuthType Basic AuthName "Log in Please" Require user testuser # end config file fragment ...you can see what this does if you go to http://crow202.org/folder/ (username testuser , password testpass). It might have flaws or problems that I don't know about, since I have no idea about the rest of your apache setup. AFAICT, though, it gets rid of the "I have to log in via HTTP-Auth Basic twice, once over 80, once over 443" problem. -- Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress There is no Darkness in Eternity But only Light too dim for us to see. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss