Quick htpasswd Creation on Linux. Only The Useful.
Quick htpasswd Protection Setup On Linux.
cody@taylor:~$ <--This is the prompt. You do not need to type this
In the console get into the directory that you wish to protect.
cody@taylor:~$ cd /var/www/protected
Get the full path to the directory if you don’t already know it.
cody@taylor:~$ pwd
Create the htaccess file and add the following lines.
cody@taylor:~$ vim .htaccess
AuthUserFile /var/www/protected/.htpasswd
AuthName "This Site"
AuthType Basic
Require valid-user
Next use the htpasswd linux command which should be in the most common distros.
cody@taylor:~$ htpasswd -c .htpasswd someguy
New password:
Re-type new password:
Almost done. Now you need to set the permissions on the files we just created.
cody@taylor:~$ chmod 755 .htaccess .htpasswd
All good.
