htpasswd / htaccess reoccurs asking for login

Question

I have a htaccess setup like so.

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Authentication Required"
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthUserFile "/home/alltest/public_html/.htpasswd"

<Limit GET>
require valid-user
</Limit>

for some reason for every file linked to the webpage it's requesting the htpasswd details again and i can't work out why it's not saving that i have authorization this is on a Cpanel server if that made a difference.

Answer 1

Try this:

AuthType Basic AuthName "Authentication Required" AuthGroupFile /dev/null AuthUserFile /home/alltest/public_html/.htpasswd require valid-user

This keeps the password in the browser cache until you exit the browser. I fit's possible, I suggest keeping the .htpasswd file out of the public directory.

If you're using cPanel, there could be something in the config files of the web server...