.htpasswd And .htaccess

Hi,

I'm trying to get Password Protection to work on apache 2, and i have suse linux 9.

located in directory /blah is the two files, .htaccess and .htpasswd

.htaccess contents is:

AuthType Basic
AuthName "slash-blah"
AuthUserFile /srv/www/htdocs/blah/.htpasswd

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

.htpasswd contents is:

Aeon:(encrypted password)

Problem is, the computer doesn't even seem to know it's supposed to give me a box. Instead, it just brings me right into the site without any form of prompt. :huh:

Well, without thinking about if further, are you sure that you don't have the cookie set. I mean, have you entered the username and password at all?
just a thought,
jim