I activated .ht* files on our server, and they seem to work like a charm. However, i have problems when it comes to password protection. 1. If i try to add a new user it overrights any other users in the file, which I find really odd and unhelpfull. 2. I was unable to upload files to the protected folder and any folders within. I then deleted both .htaccess & .htpasswd and still had the problem. I ended up having to delete the whole account and start again from scratch. Anyone have any ideas what may be causing any of this?

1) if you use this command it will just add the user to the .htpasswd

htpasswd /path/to/.htpasswd username

if you use this one...it will overwrite and start a new .htpasswd
httpasswd -c /path/to/.htpasswd username

you have probably been using the second one.

2) not sure about this question...

hope I answered #1 for you......

The problem with the access denied stuff would be an ownership or chmod problem.