hello,

I want to secure a directory that I share some files with my users.  All the users that I want to have access to those files are in my Joomla user DB.

I have been reading on how to set this up and have been unsuccessful.

here is my .htaccess file that should connect and validate the mysql db

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you,

I've never tried something like this, so the following is just guesswork:

1) Remember that if you are on an LPCP server (not a cPanel server), your database host is not "localhost" but some specific domain name, e.g., sqldb001.lunarzit.com.
2) I'm not sure which field is naming the database, but in most applications (e.g., PHP) it has to be your ACCOUNTNAME_dbname. Probably the same is true here.
3) In most applications, a user name also must be prefixed with ACCOUNTNAME_. Hopefully your users won't have to do that when they type in their ID.

Good luck!