I would like to protect the protect-me-dir directory with http password. I tried this code:
AuthType Basic
AuthName "restricted area"
AuthUserFile /home/iterator/public_html/protect-me-dir/.htpasswd
require valid-user
It works, but unfortunately it asks for the password everywhere, not just in protect-me-dir. How is it possible to protect only that directory?
If I put this code inside <Directory "/home/iterator/public_html/protect-me-dir">...</Directory>, I get Internal Server Error
Just put the .htaccess file in the directory you want to password-protect. It is a per-directory config file.
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I'm trying to protect a directory adding a .htaccess and a .htpasswd but instead asking me for password, it goes to the home page of my site directly.
My .htaccess is being read (put some garbage in it and I got 500 error).
Here's my .htaccess :
AuthName "Page d'administration protégée"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/backoffice_mollanger/app/.htpasswd"
Require valid-user
And my .htpasswd
Admin:gl0IiOirI2n6M
First of all, remove the speech marks you have around the .htpasswd location, they should not be there. If that does not help then try using this, you can specify the directory you want to protect by stating the file name in replace of example:
<Files /example>
AuthName "Page d'administration protégée"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/backoffice_mollanger/app/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Files>
I have a folder on my apache virtualhost called 'ProtectedFiles'
I want indexing available for this section, so all the files in this folder can be shown, but I want one of the files themselves to be password protected.
Folder structure:
site
site/ProtectedFiles
site/ProtectedFiles/Dummy1, Dummy2, Dummy3, .htaccess
In my .htaccess I have the following.
AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/.htpasswd
AuthName "Protected files"
AuthType Basic
<Files "Dummy1">
require valid-user
</Files>
So I am password protecting the file 'Dummy1' and it works, when I go to site/ProtectedFiles/Dummy1 it asks for a password, but the file doesn't show in the directory / index.
Basically, asking how do you password protect AND show the file in the directory.
You can use IndexOptions +ShowForbidden directive to display files that require a password, and the FilesMatch directive to indicate which files you want to protect.
IndexOptions +ShowForbidden
<FilesMatch "Dummy[0-9]+">
AuthName "Username and password required"
AuthUserFile .htpasswd
Require valid-user
AuthType Basic
</FilesMatch>
Don't leave the .htpasswd file in the same directory - this is just an example.
I am running latest ubuntu with apache.
I have very simple html directory I want to protect using .htaccess.
I am trying to do it with:
AuthName "Restricted Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /var/www/dev/docs/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
On my .htpasswd file I have:
user:pass
I get internal server error with this. I've been digging hard but not sure why this is happening.
If I add a this:
<Directory "/var/www/dev/docs">
AuthName "Restricted Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /var/www/dev/docs/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Directory>
I can't login no matter what I do...
Thanks,
I have the same problem. But after a few trial and error, here's the fix.
You must use the full path to the .htpasswd file.
You must encapsulate the path with quotation marks "home/username/public_html/subfolder/protected/.htpasswd"
An example:
AuthUserFile "/home/username/public_html/subfolder/protected/.htpasswd"
AuthType Basic
AuthName "My restricted Area"
Require valid-user
Error #500 just means the web server isn't understanding something in your .htaccess file. There will be nothing in Apache's error log since the request doesn't even get parsed at this point.
Try putting quotes around the path to the .htpasswd file and note on some hosting companies like cough.. godaddy, 1&1 It may take several minutes for the changes in .htaccess to be picked up.
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Restricted Area"
AuthUserFile "/home/. . . . ./.htpasswd"
require valid-user
I have got same situation on Apache/2.4.6 (CentOS)
Path to htpasswd needs to be taken from $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']
Apache has some bug (https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54735), you need to set password from console like this:
htpasswd -nb username newpassw > <path-to>/.htpasswd
btw in Apache 2.4.6 on CentOS 7 problem still exists
I am trying to protect my directory with apache password protection, basically their is a subdirectory named reg in my /var/www folder. now, I have .htaccess in the /var/www/reg folder and the content is
AuthUserFile /var/www/.htpasswd
AuthName "Please Log In"
AuthType Basic
require valid-user
and a .htpasswd file in /var/www folder and the content is
xyz:AFm9t1CfobrkA
but when I try to access the folder typing localhost/reg no pop up box appear asking for username and password. Where am I wrong?
I have .htaccess file like this:
AuthUserFile /data/www/.../http-users
AuthType Basic
AuthName "private"
require user cf
And it works. What you could do:
Detect the possible cause by looking into the error log. In many cases you have access to it even on hosting environments
Make sure AllowOverride AuthConfig is set. You cannot set it in .htaccess, you must do it in the server configuration file. In a hosting environment, you have to ask your hosting provider.
Not very likely, but it could be the dot - try to rename the .htpasswd file to htpasswd
Its definitelly not caused by missing the <directory> container as noted in the discussion
I'm having some troubles configuring the .htaccess file to protect the access of a file.
The file to protect is:
www.mydomain.com/admin/stats.php
I put the .htaccess file into the www.mydomain.com/admin folder with the following code:
AuthName "Restricted Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /
<Files stats.php>
require valid-user
</Files>
The file .htpasswd is into the www.mydomain.com/admin folder too and it contains the username and the password.
If I try to access to www.mydomain.com/admin/stats.php I get an "Internal Server Error". I think that the mistake can be into the path of "AuthUserFile" but how can I tell the file that the file to protect is in the same folder of the .htpasswd?
The server is Linux based.
hello you can try this below :
this is a path.php file who will display the realpath of his parent folder
<?php
echo realpath('path.php');
?>
in your .htpasswd you need to have something like this :
username:password
but the password need to be encrypt, you can do it with
<?php
echo crypt('your_password');
?>
and finally this is the .htaccess file
<Files page_to_protect.php>
AuthName "Message"
AuthUserFile \realpath_to_htpasswd\.htpasswd
AuthType Basic
require valid-user
</Files>
I think you need to put complete path to htpasswd file:
Ie.
AuthUserFile /home/-user-/-site-/.htpasswd
From the Apache documentation:
File-path is the path to the group file. If it is not absolute, it is
treated as relative to the ServerRoot.
That means you either specify the full (absolute) path to the .htpasswd file or one relative to whatever your ServerRoot is. Example:
AuthUserFile /www/passwords/.htpasswd