### <a name="Enabling Authentication of Users"></a> Enabling Authentication of Users
- If TWiki is installed on a non-authenticated server - not using SSL - and you'd like to authenticate users:
- 1. **Rename** file `.htaccess.txt` in the `twiki/bin` directory to `.htaccess` and change it to your needs. For details, consult the HTTP server documentation (for Apache server: [[1]](http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/directives.html), [[2]](http://www.mcs.kent.edu/system/web_help/htaccess/introduction.html)). In particular, the following <font>red</font> part needs to be configured correctly: <br /><code>Redirect <font>/urlpathto/twiki/index.html</font> http://<font>yourdomain.com/urlpathto/twiki/bin/</font>view</code><br /><code>AuthUserFile <font>/filepathto/twiki/data/</font>.htpasswd</code><br /><code>ErrorDocument 401 <font>/urlpathto/twiki/bin/</font>oops/TWiki/TWikiRegistration?template=oopsauth</code>
+ 1. **Rename** file `.htaccess.txt` in the `twiki/bin` directory to `.htaccess` and change it to your needs. For details, consult the HTTP server documentation (for Apache server: [[1]](http://www.apache.org/docs/mod/directives.html), [[2]](http://systems.mcs.kent.edu/info/web_help/htaccess/)). In particular, the following <font>red</font> part needs to be configured correctly: <br /><code>Redirect <font>/urlpathto/twiki/index.html</font> http://<font>yourdomain.com/urlpathto/twiki/bin/</font>view</code><br /><code>AuthUserFile <font>/filepathto/twiki/data/</font>.htpasswd</code><br /><code>ErrorDocument 401 <font>/urlpathto/twiki/bin/</font>oops/TWiki/TWikiRegistration?template=oopsauth</code>
- %X% **NOTE:** If you had to add a `.cgi` or `.pl` file extension to the `bin` scripts, make sure to do the same for `edit`, `view`, `preview`, and all the other script names in `.htaccess`.
- %H% The browser should ask for login name and password when you click on the <u>Edit</u> link. In case `.htaccess` does not have the desired effect, you need to enable it: Add "AllowOverride All" to the Directory [[3]](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#directory) section of `access.conf` for your `twiki/bin` directory.
- **This applies only if you have root access:** on hosted accounts, you shouldn't have this problem - otherwise, email tech support.