# Htpasswd protection blocks panel login

**URL:** <https://forum.getkirby.com/t/htpasswd-protection-blocks-panel-login/23218>\
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**Created:** [August 25, 2021, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.getkirby.com/t/htpasswd-protection-blocks-panel-login/23218 "2021-08-25T11:30:52Z")\
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Did you perhaps set `'api' => ['basicAuth' => true]` in the `config.php`? Then the panel tries to log you in with the basic auth credentials - which won’t work if the credentials does not match.

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