in reply to A very simple userid/password check

Have you considered providing authentication through /etc/apache/httpd.conf or /etc/apache/access.conf? I like it a bit better than .htaccess because it places all info in one place, instead of having .htaccess files throughout the directory structure. Works with /usr/bin/htpasswd just like .htaccess. 
<Directory /var/www/private_html>
    <Files foo.bar>
        AuthName "Foo for Thought"
        AuthType Basic
        AuthUserFile /not/web/published/foo.htpasswd
        Require valid-user
    </Files>
</Directory>

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    cheers,
    ybiC

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RE: (2) A very simple userid/password check (ybiC, not AM)
by ybiC (Prior) on Jul 19, 2000 at 18:57 UTC
    Le Oops...   Thought I was logged in, try it again:

    Have you considered providing authentication through /etc/apache/httpd.conf or /etc/apache/access.conf? I like it a bit better than .htaccess because it places all info in one place, instead of having .htaccess files throughout the directory structure. Works with /usr/bin/htpasswd just like .htaccess. 

    <Directory /var/www/private_html>
    <Files foo.bar>
        AuthName "Foo for Thought"
        AuthType Basic
        AuthUserFile /not/web/published/foo.htpasswd
        Require valid-user
    </Files>
</Directory>

    [download]

        cheers,
        ybiC
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