Sunday, August 26, 2007

Web access authentication setup

  1. Create user passwd file: "htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/userfile username"; if "-c" flag is included, existing file will be overwritten, so no need for it when adding extra users.
  2. Insert directive in httpd.conf file:

    • AuthName "Restricted Area"
    • AuthType Basic
    • AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/users
    • require valid-user

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