Re: How Can I Password Protect a Web Site?

I put the .htaccess file in the directory I wanted to protect, and when I try
to open a page in that directory there is no prompt to enter
username/password. It just opens the page for the public to view.

Does anyone know any solutions?
Thanks

"Don Schmidt" wrote:

> Below the ========== is how my ISP offers to protect a website. I have a
> password protected folder on one of my sites and this works very well.
>
> --
> Don
> Vancouver, USA
>
>
> ===============
>
> How can I password protect my web site?
>
> There are many methods of protecting your web site using a password. We
> recommend using .htaccess and .htpasswd files as this is a very secure, yet
> very easy-to-configure option.
>
> NOTE: It is not possible to use .htaccess/.htpasswd files to protect your
> /cgi-bin directory.
>
> Step 1: Create the .htaccess file:
> Using a text editor such as Notepad create a file called .htaccess. (The
> file extension is .htaccess. It is not file.htaccess or somepage.htaccess,
> it is simply named .htaccess.) There is a chance that your text editor will
> add its default file extension to the name (ex: Notepad might call the file
> ..htaccess.txt). You need to remove the .txt (or other) file extension in
> order for it to function. It should look something like this. ( Note:
> yourdomain does not include www. )
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> AuthUserFile /home/iinet.com/y/yo/yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/.htpasswd
> AuthName "This is my protected page"
> AuthType Basic
>
> <Limit GET>
> require user joeuser
> require user johndoe
> </Limit>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> AuthUserFile is the full server path to your .htpasswd file.The "y" in this
> example would be the first letter of your domain name. "yo" would be the
> first 2 letters of your domain name. "yourdomain" should be YOUR domain.
>
> AuthName is the name of the area you want to access. It could be anything,
> not necessarily "This is my protected page" as in the example.
>
> AuthType Basic for basic HTTP authentication.
>
> require user <username> is where you enter the username of those who you
> want to have access to that part of your site. Note that using this will
> allow only that specific user(s) to be able to access that directory. If you
> wanted the entire list of users in the .htpasswd file to have access to a
> directory, you would replace require user <username> with require
> valid-user.
>
> Step 2: Create the .htpasswd file:
> Using a text editor such as Notepad create a file called .htpasswd. Next you
> will need to add the "encrypted tokens" of the users that will have access.
> Click the link below to generate passwords.
> Password Generator
>
> Just cut and paste the results from this form to your .htpasswd file. The
> ..htpasswd file should look something like this.
> ( username:encrypted password )
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> joeuser:39HWifjGAj/7.
> johndoe:G4wt/<35SjGas
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Step 3: FTP the files to your website:
> Upload the .htpasswd file in a secure directory (cgi-bin is a likely
> candidate) using your FTP program. If you upload the file to a different
> directory, make sure it matches the path you reference in the .htaccess
> file.
> Upload the .htaccess file in the directory you want to protect. Putting the
> ..htaccess in your default directory will cause your whole web site to be
> password protected. This will prevent anyone without the correct username
> and password from viewing your web site. Do not do this unless that is what
> you want to do.
>
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> "Freelancer" <Freelancer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:D8CE9E86-2C70-419D-B60C-052CCF5FC9D1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > I'm a freelance writer new to building Web sites. I'm using Publisher
> > 2003
> > to develop a site for a client. How can I password protect the site so my
> > client can see the live site, but the public won't be able to view it
> > until
> > we're ready for public viewing?
>
>
>
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