HTTP Access Control
Finally figured out how to password protect individual directories on the server:
Authentication, Authorization and Access Control
It's a simple 2-step process:
1. Create a passwords file for the users using "htpasswd":
2. Create a file ".htaccess" in the directory to be protected:
Authentication, Authorization and Access Control
It's a simple 2-step process:
1. Create a passwords file for the users using "htpasswd":
jsmith@server:~/public_html/db$ htpasswd -c ~/htpasswds jdoe
New password:
Re-type new password:
Adding password for user jdoe
jsmith@server:~/public_html/db$
2. Create a file ".htaccess" in the directory to be protected:
jsmith@server:~/public_html/db$ cat .htaccess
AuthType Basic
AuthName "db"
AuthUserFile /home/jsmith/htpasswds
Require user jdoe
posted by DarkKnight at 16:51
2 Comments:
and where exactly does one place the htpasswd file?
dude, I though you already had this thing going .. how else do you password protect your directories? Anyway, the passwords file can go anywhere and can be called anything -- just as long as you put down the correct location in the "AuthUserFile" line of .htaccess. The most sensible place to put it is somewhere in your homedir -- but not in public_html -- since people can then just download it off of the server.
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