[KLUG Members] Have any of you successfully implemented .htaccess/.htpasswd functionality on your or your ISP servers?

[rels]

Hello Daniel.

No, unfortunately, I do not have access to httpd.conf.

I will ask them to send me the VirtualHost section.

Regards,

Rob E.

----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel <drk@netophilia.net>
To: <members@kalamazoolinux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [KLUG Members] Have any of you successfully implemented
.htaccess/.htpasswd functionality on your or your ISP servers?


Do you have access to the apache config? (httpd.conf)

If not, can you ask them to send you your VirtualHost section?


rels extolled:
> Well ... I haven't ... and request your help.
>
> >From what I understand, .htaccess and .htpasswd are two ASCII files
> with no 'file'
> names ... the .htaccess and .htpasswd actually represent the file
> extensions.  .htaccess is an ASCII text "entity" that contains
various
> directives that will be interpreted by an Apache Server, while
> .htpasswd is is simply an ASCII text "entity" that contains the
> typical
> username and encrypted password combo, i.e., rob:xYZ123qUS or
sometime
> similar.
>
> Depending on what one wants to do, these files will be located in
> various directories.  For instance, if you wish to protect a certain
> directory that contains some .pdf documents that you only want
certain
> people to view, you can protect this directory using this approach.
> What will happen when the directory is accessed is a prompt will pop
> up requesting username and password. If all goes well, the user will
> be allowed to access the directory and view the .pdf documents.
>
> Here is the contents of .htaccess that the Apache Server will read
and
> execute according to the its contents:
>
> "AuthUserFile /www/htdocs/domains/xyz.com/webdocs/.htpasswd
> AuthGroupFile /dev/null
> AuthName "PD Documents"
> AuthType Basic
>
> require user rob"
>
> .htaccess is stored in a directory xyz.com/webdocs/private.
>
> .htpasswd is stored up one level in xyz.com/webdocs and contains
> something like this ...
>
> rob:XYZ123abc
>
> The operational concept is the Apache Server reads the .htaccess
> ASCII file, locates the .htpasswd ASCII file along with causing a
> pop-up prompt (which will read something like "Please enter username
> and password to gain access to PD Documents at xyz.com) to be
> displayed.  The user enters his/her username and password.  If all
> goes right, he/she gains access.  If not, then the user will get the
> Authorization Request message (401 I believe) as his/her credentials
> (username and password)  have not been authenticated as having the
> bonafides to access this particular directory.
>
> I'm getting the prompt, but I'm not passing mustard here when it
comes
> to linking up to the .htpasswd ASCII file.  I've got something
wrong.
> Either the full pathname to the .htpasswd entity (although I checked
> with ISP and used what they gave me ;>)) is incorrect, or perhaps an
> Apache directive is missing.
>
> I'm trying to implement this on an ISP's machine and while they
offer
> this functionality, the folks there don't seem to be really
> knowledgeable of the
> ins and outs and only provide the minimum of technical support when
it
> comes to the specifics of Apache.  Primarily they point you to
> apache,org,  I knew nothing really of Apache until the other day ...
> am learning more ... as I dig ... myself further into a hole!  LOL!
> Obviously there is something missing here ... or should I really say
> "I'm missing something here."
>
> I've looked at a number of .htaccess tutorials, the apache org web
> site and a few newsgroups ... what's sort of comical is ... I am not
> alone!  But the sad thing is ... those on the newsgroups don't seem
to
> have any real constructive suggestions ... it's more like "trial and
> error" ... which, of course, is a learning process in and of itself.
>
> Well, food for thought and something to play with on your server ...
> ;>)) ... in your spare time.  Yeah ... sure ... right!
>
> Any and all suggestions, comments and questions welcomed.
>
> Take care.
>
> Rob E.
>
>
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