HowTo use .htaccess file for Apache authentication
1. Create the directory you want to password protect (example: nikesh) 2. Create a file /var/www/html/nikesh/.htaccess in that director that looks something like this: AuthName “Add your login message here.” AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /etc/apache/.htpasswd AuthGroupFile /dev/null require user name-of-user In this case the “name-of-user” is the login name you wish to use for accessing the web site. 3. In apache configuration file, change the AllowOverride to AuthConfig for the directory that you wan to protect with password. AllowOverride AuthConfig 3. Create the password file /etc/apache/.htpasswd using the program htpasswd: # htpasswd -c .htpasswd name-of-user Read Man page: htpasswd ref:linuxlight.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
