I've created a .htpasswd file and .htaccess to password protect my localhost. I have put both in my mamp folder (where my website folders are). I have encrypted the password put in my htaccess :
AuthUserFile /WorkArea/mamp/
AuthType Basic
AuthName "localhost"
Require valid-user
It has locked me out of my localhost by giving me a 500 internal error.
The discussion above fed to this solution:
It is important to understand that .htaccess and .htpasswd files have to be plain text files to work. So the best way to create and manage them is to use a plain text editor. Using some kind of word processor (like OpenOffice-Word or similar) will save additional formatting information into those files. This will lead to the http server not being able to make sense of those files, thus throwing an error.
Also some side note: the .htpasswd file should not be placed alongside the documents pubished by the http server. This is a high security risk. So .htaccess and .htpasswd style files must be stored at completely separate locations, the first within, the second outside the area of the documents.
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I am trying to lock a folder on my site with htaccess file
I created a htaccess file in the root and I created a htpasswd file inside the folder I want to lock
But the problem is that it does not work and I am banned from entering the entire site until I delete the "Require valid-user" from the .htaccess file in order to allow me to enter the site.
htaccess file
ErrorDocument 404 /404.html
#Protect Directory
AuthName "Dialog prompt"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /fares/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
htpasswd file
fares:djefaflia
It does not work on the local server or on the hosting
AuthUserFile /fares/.htpasswd
The file-path provided to AuthUserFile should be an absolute filesystem path, not a root-relative URL-path (ie. relative to the document root) which is what this looks like.
The "absolute filesystem path" is the full file-path to the .htpasswd file on the server. For example, if the server path to your document root directory (where your HTML files are located) is /home/user/public_html and you are wanting to protect the directory /fares within your document root and you are storing the .htpasswd file inside that directory (although that is not recommended - see below) then the AuthUserFile directive should be like the following instead:
AuthUserFile /home/user/public_html/fares/.htpasswd
However, you should avoid storing the password file in the same directory you are protecting (for security reasons). Ideally, this file would be stored outside of the document root (ie. outside of the public HTML space). For example, you could mirror the file structure in a htpasswds directory above the document root in which you store all the relevant .htpasswd files on your system:
AuthUserFile /home/user/htpasswds/fares/.htpasswd
fares:djefaflia
As written, this does not "look" correct (unless you are intentionally trying to store plain text passwords - which won't work on Linux). How are you generating the password file? You should be using a tool like htpasswd.exe (that comes with Apache), or something similar that generates a hash of the password. For example, it should look more like this:
fares:$apr1$6Szn.sq3$7E6ZMJLBAZKWX.wmGRISu1
I have a web app with a setting page that I would like to protect with a password so that unless the password is correctly entered the user cannot change any of the settings.
To add a password for a page on your website, you’ll need to modify the .htaccess and .htpasswd files on the server. Take a look at this link for the full details.
Basically you need to do these two things:
Modify (or add) the special text file on your server called .htpasswd, to contain the username and encrypted password separated by a colon on a separate line.
If you have SSH access, this can be done automatically using the htpasswd utility:
htpasswd -c .htpasswd ben
Otherwise you can modify/create the file manually, and handcraft the username/password using an online password encryptor. The linked-to site suggests these three:
4WebHelp's online .htpasswd encryption tool
Alterlinks .htaccess password generator
htmlite's htpasswd encryption page
As an example, for a username of ben and a password of password12345 you would use this line:
ben:51CbcBM13fOMo
Modify (or add) the special text file called .htaccess, in the folder where the settings page you want to protect resides, to contain the following:
AuthUserFile /full/path/to/.htpasswd
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Protected Settings Page"
<Files "mySettingsPage.html">
Require valid-user
</Files>
Of course, /full/path/to/.htpasswd should be replaced with the full path to where the .htpasswd file resides on your server.
Likewise, replace mySettingsPage.html with your own settings page name.
Note that the AuthName string can be changed to suit.
Disclaimer: I have little to no knowledge of Apache, all the information posted here was pieced together from Google search results only, within 1 night.
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I can't seem to get .htaccess to block only the sub-directories of my domain, could someone please help me?
My root domain: http://domain.com (/home/username/domain/)
The directory I'm trying to block is /home/username/domain/files/
In the /domain/ directory, I have modified the .htaccess file accordingly:
# Password Protect Directories #
AuthName "You shall not pass!"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /home/username/domain/files.htpasswd
require valid-user
# END Password Protect Directories #
The problem is, this seems to password protect my root directory as well as the sub-directory specified.
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I've tried moving this .htaccess file entry into a separate .htaccess file in the /domain/files/ directory, but then this doesn't work at all, nothing is password protected.
I'm not quite sure what I'm supposed to be doing here, I've read dozens of tutorials online, but none seem to help me beyond password protecting my entire root directory.
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Can someone please explain to me how I can block multiple sub-directories only?
/domain/files/
/domain/software/
/domain/pictures/
etc...
Thanks!
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Alternately, if anyone knows a better way to accomplish this, feel free to let me know.
There really is nothing to the authentication. You need to put the code in the .htaccess file in the sub-directory you want to protect. Also I would not put my password file in a publicly accessible location. Put it outside the root like in your home folder. So this code should go in your files folder.
# Password Protect Directories #
AuthName "You shall not pass!"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /home/username/.htpasswd
require valid-user
# END Password Protect Directories #
Make sure apache can read your .htpasswd file and the correct ownership and permissions. Also try and clear your browser cache to test. I've seen that many times that it appears to not work until I clear the cache and then I get the prompt.
I've just added an .htaccess and an .htpasswd to my web app and i'm now getting an error 500.
.htaccess :
AuthUserFile ./.htpasswd
AuthName "Password Protected Area"
AuthType Basic
<limit GET POST>
require valid-user
</limit>
.htpasswd
root:roe7nCYHcm0As
I've read on this web site that i had to enable "headers_module" and "rewrite_module" and then retart the server, which i did, but i'm still getting this error.
I'm using wampserver 2.2 (apache 2.4.2) on windows 7.
That's most probably because htaccess does not find your file's location.
If you use a relative path, then apache uses the server root which is /etc/apache2 in my case (ubuntu).
Just to be sure, click right on the password file and get the path and paste it to .htaccess. If it still not works, please copy and paste your error log here so that I can exactly see the error.
EDIT
I've seen your last comment now.
Some setups require that you store the encrypted version of the password. So for instance, instead of storing the password as
myuser:111
you should store like:
myuser:$apr1$E6YrxcHU$ilyC2mqfNSrQmle4KEAeq.
I don't have a Windows at hand right now so I cannot check it but earlier versions of Wamp had a password generator for .htpasswd under c:\wamp\Apache2\bin\htpasswd.exe. Try to check that program.
Otherwise, apache uses md5 by default to encrypt passwords. You can encrypt programmatically your password and then copy it to the password file.
I even blogged about this :)
Please let me know if it still doesn't work.
Actually it could well be that you have installed wamp into 'program files'
There are a few bits of Apache and PHP that dont like living in a folder structure that has a space in one of the folder names.
It is recommended that you install it to C:\wamp or D:\wamp or any drive you like but not one with a space in any folder name.
I have a directory on my website that I need to make sure no one but myself can get into. From the reading I've done, it looks like there are two ways to protect a directory:
Password protect the directory using the .htaccess file
Deny access to all IP addresses but my own from accessing the directory, also using the .htaccess file
I need to protect the files in the directory as securely as possible, so I figured I'd use both of those methods for double protection.
Question 1: Am I missing anything? (i.e. is there another layer of protection I can add?)
Question 2: What would I need to put in a .htaccess file to get the above to work?
Your .htaccess file would contain:
AuthUserFile /usr/local/nate/safe_place/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Protected Files"
AuthType Basic
require user nate
order deny, allow
deny from all
allow from 127.0.0.1
The .htaccess file goes in the directory you're trying to protect.
You also need a .htpasswd file (shown above as /usr/local/nate/safe_place/.htpasswd) which contains the text username:password_hash. So if we use "nate" as an example and "secret" as the password (please don't use that) you get:
nate:XmN6pwFyy3Il2
You can use this tool to generate your own password file: http://www.tools.dynamicdrive.com/password/
Just make sure that no one can read your .htpasswd file. Also note that basic authentication does no encryption by itself. If you're on an open network, anyone can see your password and all the secret data going over the network. Make sure you visit your site via https if it's really that secret.
You can read more about .htaccess files here:
http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess.shtml
Assuming you're running Apache and have an AllowOverride directive permitting .htaccess files to use <Limit>, the following should be a good starting place for you:
<Limit GET>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from IP_ADDRESS_HERE
</Limit>
More documentation on <Limit>: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/core.html#limit
and for access control: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/access.html