.htaccess Password Protection

MadMax · 2005-06-12, 02:42 PM

I've got a couple directories for work in progress that I need an easy way to password protect. It would just be for a single username/password. I'm thinking .htaccess is probably the easiest way to go about it, but I'm not sure how to implement this. Any help out there?

TIA

cd34 · 2005-06-12, 02:57 PM

.htaccess (adjusting the path to fit your area)

Code:

AuthUserFile /var/www/domain.com/admin/.htpasswd
AuthName "Members Only"
AuthType Basic

require valid-user

If you have shell access:

htpasswd -c /var/www/domain.com/admin/.htpasswd username

it will then prompt you for a password & verification

If you don't have shell, you can run this (test being of course the password you want to use):

Code:

<?php
print crypt('test','ab');
?>

And take the output from that and upload a file called .htpasswd that contains:

username:outputfromabove

Cleo · 2005-06-12, 03:15 PM

Here is a page that will generate the encrypted passwords without using a shell
http://www.e2.u-net.com/htaccess/make.htm

2005-06-12, 02:42 PM	#1
MadMax "Without evil there can be no good, so it must be good to be evil sometimes" ~ Satan Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Motor City, baby, where carjacking was invented! Now GIMME THOSE SHOES! Posts: 2,385	.htaccess Password Protection I've got a couple directories for work in progress that I need an easy way to password protect. It would just be for a single username/password. I'm thinking .htaccess is probably the easiest way to go about it, but I'm not sure how to implement this. Any help out there? TIA

2005-06-12, 02:57 PM	#2
cd34 a.k.a. Sparky Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: West Palm Beach, FL, USA Posts: 2,396	.htaccess (adjusting the path to fit your area) Code: AuthUserFile /var/www/domain.com/admin/.htpasswd AuthName "Members Only" AuthType Basic require valid-user If you have shell access: htpasswd -c /var/www/domain.com/admin/.htpasswd username it will then prompt you for a password & verification If you don't have shell, you can run this (test being of course the password you want to use): Code: <?php print crypt('test','ab'); ?> And take the output from that and upload a file called .htpasswd that contains: username:outputfromabove __________________ SnapReplay.com a different way to share photos - iPhone & Android

2005-06-12, 03:15 PM	#3
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	Here is a page that will generate the encrypted passwords without using a shell http://www.e2.u-net.com/htaccess/make.htm __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289