Password Protecting a web site

Posted on April 11, 2013 by vicki

Add the following to .htaccess:

CentOS:

AuthType Basic
AuthName “Restricted”
AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/htaccess-pass
Require valid-user
#Order deny,allow
#Deny from All
#Satisfy any

Create the file as follows:

htpasswd /etc/httpd/htaccess-pass username
You will then be prompted for a password

Ubuntu:

AuthType Basic
AuthName “Restricted”
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/htaccess-pass
Require valid-user
#Order deny,allow
#Deny from All
#Satisfy any

Create the file as follows:

htpasswd /etc/apache2/htaccess-pass username
You will then be prompted for a password

 

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