title: why does .htaccess work this way?
body: <p>I've noticed a particular behavior when trying to add password protection to a certain page of a website. If I create users and passwords as described here:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.htaccesstools.com/htpasswd-generator/" rel="nofollow">http://www.htaccesstools.com/htpasswd-generator/</a></p>
  
  <p>and attempt to log on, everything works fine on the first login attempt, from the initial computer. However, thereafter if I try to login from a different computer the password is never accepted and the prompt endlessly appears for a username and password. </p>
  
  <p>My .htaccess file is very simple:</p>
  
  <pre><code>AuthType Basic
  AuthName "My Protected Area"
  AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd
  Require valid-user
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Could someone help clear up cause for this behavior? </p>