Difference between revisions of "Password Protect"
From John Freier
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Revision as of 15:07, 27 April 2010
Create new .htaccess file, and use the following example below.
AuthUserFile /var/www/html/private/.htpasswd AuthGroupFile /dev/null AuthName "My Private Directory" AuthType Basic <Limit GET POST> require valid-user </Limit>
AuthUserFile: The location of the .htpasswd file.
AuthGroupFile: Set to null.
AuthName: Title of login.
AuthType: Auth Type basic
To create the .htpasswd file, cd to the directory you pointed to above, and use the htpasswd command.
htpasswd -c .htpasswd username
