Apache 2.4 "..authentication failure..:Password Mismatch"
.htaccess, .htpasswd, apache, authentication
Solution
I just had the same issue, was driving me nuts for the last hour. I can confirm that Steve's suggestion to enter the password in the command line works - so in my case "htpasswd -b passwordfile user password" did the trick.
Here is the relevant bug report at Apache.
Problem
I am running Apache 2.4 in Windows Server 2008 R2. I am attempting to password protect a subdirectory and successfully did so in Apache 2.0. After upgrading I took Apache's advice and am attempting to put the authentication config in httpd.config. I am allowing the reading of the password file and everything appears to be in order, but when I test it I get the following error: [Mon Apr 01 19:58:36.438476 2013] [auth_basic:error] [pid 3984:tid 788] [client xxx.yyy.254.2:49253] AH01617: user master: authentication failure for "/restricted/file.zip": Password Mismatch However, I know that I am sending the correct password. See below for my config, any comments are helpful. ``` <Directory "C:/www/mydir/restricted"> #AllowOverride AuthConfig #Order allow,deny #Allow from all AuthType Basic AuthName Restricted AuthUserFile "C:/www/mydir/passwords/pass" Require valid-user </Directory> <Directory "C:/www/mydir"> Require all granted </Directory> <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin admin@.com DocumentRoot "C:/www/mydir" ServerName "fakeurl.com" ErrorLog "C:/www/mydir/logs/error.log" CustomLog "C:/www/mydir/logs/accesslog/access.log" common </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin admin@.com DocumentRoot "C:/www/mydir" ServerName "www.fakeurl.com" ErrorLog "C:/www/mydir/logs/error.log" CustomLog "C:/www/mydir/logs/accesslog/access.log" common </VirtualHost> ```