Apache basic authentication
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Revision as of 18:53, 5 February 2008 by Root (talk | contribs) (New page: Category:Engineering Add a user to an <em>existing</em> .htpasswd file: <pre> htpasswd /var/www/htdocs/restricted_dir/.htpasswd staff </pre> Create a <em>new</em> .htpasswd file (note...)
Add a user to an existing .htpasswd file:
htpasswd /var/www/htdocs/restricted_dir/.htpasswd staff
Create a new .htpasswd file (note the -c option):
htpasswd -c /var/www/htdocs/restricted_dir/.htpasswd staff
Create a .htaccess file:
AuthType Basic AuthName "Restricted Area" AuthUserFile /var/www/htdocs/restricted_dir/.htpasswd Require valid-user