[HOWTO] - Password protect Apache folders

[Jadey]

bluez, if you HAD followed it step by step, you would have gotten the .htpasswd file created. Your recommendation to include the path says to me you skipped the step in the beginning of the tutorial that says to:

In terminal type:

cd /private/etc/httpd

[bluehz]

This conversation is closed - seeing as how you have become so defensive, the true meaning of sharing knowledge on this topic has diminished.

[Jadey]

I certainly can't help how you interpret my postings. I was trying to make it clear so that other people who would try to follow the how-to wouldn't become confused by your missing a step. But, no need to apologize, bluehz

[profx]

I would like to remove the users freature in apache

ie http://127.0.0.1/~user

i have put password on to the main page (http://127.0.0.1) and i dont want it to allow any thing with out having to put in the password. However it bypasses the password when you go to a users homepage. So I deleted the sites folder out of my home folder and now when i type in 127.0.0.1/~user it says 404 not found. This only happens when you place a valid username in the url.

If you put an invalid username it prompts you for the password, then says 404 not found. (this is what i want it to always do).

I only want to have one website on my computer which runs from /libary/webserver/documents/

Thanks

William

[uoba]

I've been trying to get into password protection for a while (half-heartedly).
This works fine thanks.

One thing, your first post didn't work for me (just as if it wasn't protect and allowed me to the site), but your second post fixed it. In newbie terms, what was the difference?

[uoba]

That's crystal

Just one thing, why didn't the first way work on my machine, and the second did? (generally, I don't want this to turn into a support issue )

Cheers

[uoba]

Just printing this out now!

I tried this again on my studio server at work, and the first way worked fine, so, I guess it was an error on my part late last night

Thanks for taking the time!

[Essage]

My Apache doesn´t like what I did to the config-file. Here is what happened:

[localhost:/private/etc/httpd] admin% sudo apachectl restart
/usr/sbin/apachectl restart: configuration broken, ignoring restart
/usr/sbin/apachectl restart: (run 'apachectl configtest' for details)
[localhost:/private/etc/httpd] admin% sudo apachectl configtest
Syntax error on line 404 of /etc/httpd/httpd.conf:
AllowOverride not allowed here
[localhost:/private/etc/httpd] admin% sudo emacs httpd.conf


Anyone who got an idea of what might me wrong?

/Essage