Difference between revisions of "Password Protect"
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| + | AuthUserFile: The location of the .htpasswd file. | ||
| + | AuthGroupFile: Set to null. | ||
| + | AuthName: Title of login. | ||
| + | AuthType: Auth Type basic | ||
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| + | To create the .htpasswd file, cd to the directory you pointed to above, and use the htpasswd command. | ||
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| + | htpasswd -c .htpasswd username | ||
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| + | To add another user type, | ||
| + | htpasswd .htpasswd foo | ||
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| + | To delete a user, just vi to the file and delete the line. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:08, 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
To add another user type,
htpasswd .htpasswd foo
To delete a user, just vi to the file and delete the line.
