Adding Password Protected Folder In Apache Server

S. Sharad

If you wish to provide provide protection to some folder (/var/www/html/test) in Apache then follow the steps below.

■  Create Folder and Password File .htpasswd in /var/www/html/test

# mkdir -p /var/www/html/test

# htpasswd /var/www/html/test/.htpasswd user1

■  Now create .htaccess file in same folder (/var/www/html/test)

# nano /var/www/html/test/.htaccess

AuthType Basic 
AuthName "My Protected Folder" 
AuthUserFile /var/www/html/test/.htpasswd
require valid-user

■  Now edit httpd.conf file and add following content for the respective folder in VirtualHost Block.

<Directory /var/www/html/test>
    Options Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    AllowOverride AuthConfig
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

Restart Apache Server and check the same using browser.

# elinks http://station1.example.com/test

It should come up with Popup Window. Put your user name and password to get access.