Protecting Directories with .htaccess

Change to the directory you wish to password protect.

Create a file called .htaccess inside that directory:

# touch .htaccess

Now you must create .htpasswd that will hold the username and encrypted
password of users allowed to access the directory.

Create .htpasswd outside of the web root with the following command:

# htpasswd -c /path/to/.htpasswd <username>

# <enter the password for the user>

Use your favorite text editor to add the following to .htaccess:

AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd

AuthGroupFile /dev/null

AuthName EnterPassword

AuthType Basic

require valid-user

Edit httpd.conf and change:

<Directory />

    Options FollowSymLinks

    AllowOverride None

</Directory>

to read:

<Directory />

    Options FollowSymLinks

    AllowOverride All

</Directory>

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