HELP! my .htaccess and .htpasswd doesn't work

Hi folks,
I've uploaded both files to my folder under /docs/mystuff
I get the pop up window asking for authentication.
but i authenticate and I get pop up over and over again

here are what the files look like...

.HTACCESS
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Members Only"
AuthUserFile /var/www/domains/mydomain.com/docs/mystuff/.htpasswd
<limit GET PUT POST>
require valid-user
</limit>

.HTPASSWD
username:$1$blahblahstringoflettesandnumbers/ <<this is the MD5 one whatever that means

Do i need the DES encrypted one as well? or just one? and if so, which one?

Any help is appreciated.
Thanks in Advance

ps. i have kept the file names in lowercase.
i have removed the .txt windows creates
I have uploaded in both binary and ascii both to no avail
i have uploaded the htpasswd to both /mystuff folder and in /docs folder (btw which is proper location?)

Hi There,

I just tried this and it works for me, you can use DES or md5, I don't think it matters. But one thing I noticed is that the Wiki article shows a "/" at the end of each line in the .htpasswd file, which I believe is incorrect.

Try removing the / from the end of those username:password lines, and let us know if that fixes the problem.

Thanks,

Hi Tima,
Thanks. I tried removing the / but still no access. I am getting prompted though still.
what should the chmod setting for this folder be?

I don't think the chmod matters, I didn't modify it from default in my test. You could try re-generating the passwords again, just to make sure there was no copy/paste error. Since they are encrypted its hard to check this easily.