Apache .htpasswd Files and Windows
by Craig Mayhew on Aug.23, 2008, under General/Techie
Apache 2.2.9 Doesn’t support MD5 hashed passwords in the .htpasswd file when running on windows. The password has to be stored in plain text format. If you use a hashed password then it will never let you login past the authentication prompt because it thinks you should be typing the MD5 hash as the password!
