Password Protecting Web Folders

If you need to password protect a web folder, Say http://icannbudgetDOTorg/secure then follow the below instructions.

1) Create a .htaccess file under the web folder you want to password
protect (we assume it as secure) and put in the following contents.

## start of .htaccess

AuthName "Secure Access"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /domains/wwwDOTicannbudgetDOTorg/web/secure/.htpasswd.users
AuthGroupFile /domains/wwwDOTicannbudgetDOTorg/web/secure/.htgroup
require group valid-users

## End of .htaccess

replace wwwDOTyourdomainDOTcom with wwwDOTicannbudgetDOTorg and
somefolder with the name of the web folder you want to pasword
protect.

2) Create .htpasswd.users & .htgroup file by using the following command.

#touch /domains/wwwDOTicannbudgetDOTorg/web/secure/.htpasswd.users
#touch /domains/wwwDOTicannbudgetDOTorg/web/secure/.htgroup

3) Add users with the following command.

#/usr/local/apache/bin/htpasswd /domains/wwwDOTicannbudgetDOTorg/web/secure/.htpasswd.users <username>

Replace <username> with the name of the user you want to add. It will ask for password . Please enter them. Add as many users as you want.

4) Create the group valid-users in .htgroup file.

Edit domains/wwwDOTicannbudgetDOTorg/web/secure/.htgroup and add the
following line.

valid-users: username1 usernam2

Replace username1, username2 with the users you have added in step3.

5) Test your setup. Open a browser and type in the url of the protected web folder of your domain. For ex http://icannbudgetDOTorg/secure/. Then a dialog box popups asking you to enter the username and password. Enter them and see the results.