| I have been wondering about how to do this - thnx for the tutorial. I followed the instructions and all seemed to go well. When I attempted to access the directory I was protecting I got the login/password dialog - but when I entered my login/password - I got an error that authorization was req.
I stepped through the tutorial one at a time and discovered the problem. Not sure if this is common - but maybe it will help others. On my machine I did not already have /private/etc/httpd/.htpasswd file. So when I attempted to add to it - nothing was happening.
The solution was to issue the cmd in the tutorial like this instead:
sudo htpasswd -c /private/etc/httpd/.htpasswd username
this way if you don't have the file it will be created in the proper location. The "-c" option guarantees you won't overwrite a pre-existing file.
One question I have - how do I see what names/pw are in the file in the future. Obviously they are encrypted so simply viewing them with a txt editor will not work. Also - how do I delete a user in the htpasswd file?
Thx  |