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in reply to Re: .htaccess file
in thread .htaccess file

Actually the AuthUserFile can be any name you give it (by substituting ".htpasswd" with ".whatever_you_wanna_call_it" in the shell command when you create the file) just be sure to include that dot at the beginning of the name as a security measure:)