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winsonlee
Joined: 09 May 2007
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 Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 1:30 pm Post subject: protecting directories using htaccess |
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Under a root directory, I have 7 sub directories.
how can I create a htaccess to protect my root directory and another 3 subdirectories ?
another 4 more i would want it to remain as public. |
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dcz
Administrateur - Site Admin
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 9:07 am Post subject: Re: protecting directories using htaccess |
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And welcome 
Well, to protect a folder, you can use .htaccess (AuthUserFile) and .htpasswd, and you can reuse the same .htpasswd for several .htaccess.
The .htaccess should mention the path to the .htpasswd as well a few options such as :
| Code: | AuthUserFile /home/full/absolute/path/to/the/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "the name of the authorisation you want"
AuthType Basic
<Limit GET POST>
require valid-user
</Limit> |
You can use the exact same .htaccess in as many folder as you like, they all be linked to the same .htapasswd. The .htpasswd should be composed of a list of users with encrypted passwords, something like :
| Code: | user1:jfGRQGRGsdfgd
user2:piofjzefefzeqFDd |
The encryption used usually is md5(), but, depending on the type of install, on shared hosting mostly, it is possible that you'd need to add a key (could be composed of 2 letters) in the password prior to md5() it. This is to be checked from your host.
Then, if protecting several folder is not a problem, it's a bit more tricky if you want to protect the root level and not all of the sub folder. I actually never dealt with such settings.
What occurs is all sub folder of a protected folder should as well be protected.
But, you should be able to override the authorisation if you add a new auth .htaccess in the sub folder needing another auth, and add something like :
| Code: | Satisfy any
Order Deny,Allow
Allow from all |
In the sub folder's .htaccess you want to stay public.
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