Tag: Password – ServerOK

To password protect a web site or a sub folder using .htaccess, create a .htaccess file in the folder.

vi .htaccess

1	vi .htaccess

Add following content

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Restricted Content"
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/site-logins
Require valid-user

AuthType Basic

AuthName "Restricted Content"

AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/site-logins

Require valid-user

In this case, i used /etc/apache2/site-logins as AuthUserFile, this will store all user and password. You can change this file path to whatever you need. Make sure it is not accessable […]