Htaccess Redirect And Directory Protection Problem

[andreaplanet]

Hello to all,

 

I have a quite fresh new account on TCH, and while I was playing with .htaccess I got this kind of problem:

 

In the main directory I have an .htaccess file with a redirect like this:

>RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^andreaplanet\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.andreaplanet.com/$1 [R=permanent,L]

So every link to andreaplanet.com will be redirected to www.andreaplanet.com. This makes reading statistics more easier.

 

In my subdirectory protectme I have this simple .htaccess file in order to protect it:

>AuthType Basic
AuthName "Authorization Required"
AuthUserFile "/home/...passwd"
require valid-user

 

If I ask for the page http://www.andreaplanet.com/protectme then I get the window asking me the password, everything is ok.

 

The problem is when I try to show up the link http://andreaplanet.com/protectme

Instead of getting the window for asking the password I get an Error 401.

 

Any suggestions on how to fix this problem without removing the redirect/passwd?

Andrea

[snipe]

Have you tried removing the mod_rewrite code? While I wouldn't *think* it shoud cause a problem, its worth a shot, especially since its happening without www, but its working fine *with* www.