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Apache Basic Authentication

Basic Authentication is a way to password-protect your web content. Access is granted only

when a valid username and password is presented to your webserver.

Apache provides a simple way to use Basic Authentication. By creating an .htaccess file

you can protect an entire directory of content. The .htaccess file tells your web server

where to find a list of authorized usernames and passwords: a file called .htpasswd.

Setting Up Basic Authentication with Apache

If you need to set up Basic Authentication, follow these steps:

1. Identify the directory you want to password protect.

2. Create an .htaccess file. To create a password protected or “members only” section of

your website you need to create a .htaccess file. Change directories to the directory you

want to protect, for example:

cd /var/www/html/members

Create a new text file using any text editor; for example:

pico .htaccess

3. Add the following lines to the top of the file.

AuthName "Your Website Name"

AuthType Basic

AuthUserFile /var/www/files/.htpasswd

AuthGroupFile /dev/null

require valid-user

4. Change "Your Website Name" to the name of your website. You'll also want to change the

path specified by the line AuthUserFile to any location that is not in your document root

(the directory where HTML pages reside).

5. Create the .htpasswd file. The AuthUserFile specifies the file that maintains valid

username and password combinations to the protected area of your website. Create this file

using the following command (substitute /var/www/files/.

htpasswd with your own

path)

touch /var/www/files/.htpasswd

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