I am writing a .htaccess file like below: basedir = "12345678" username = "joe" dirpwd = "./htpasswd" dirpath = "/var/www/html/test/" + basedir + "/.htpasswd" filename=open(dirpath, 'w') filename.write("AuthType Basic") filename.write("AuthName Password Required") filename.write("AuthUserFile" + dirpwd) filename.write("Require user " + username) My question is how do I make each of my statements on a separate line. Once the file is created it should look like this when the .htaccess is opened: AuthType Basic AuthName "Password Required" AuthUserFile /var/www/html/test/12345678/.htpasswd Require user joe Plus, filename.write("AuthName Password Required") how do I make Password Required have quotes around it when written to the file? Thanks, Laura