This is a work-a-round which some times get this to work
<Directory /var/www/> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny allow from all
AuthType Basic AuthPAM_Enabled on AuthBasicAuthoritative Off AuthName "Barney-servern" Require valid-user </Directory>
This is a work-a-round which some times get this to work
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all