apache Server Password Configuration

There are five steps that must be done to configure the apache server to use passwords:

1. Change the server configuration to use the .htaccess file. To do this change the last line of the following: #
   # This controls which options the .htaccess files in directories can
   # override. Can also be "All", or any combination of "Options", "FileInfo",
   # "AuthConfig", and "Limit"
   #
   AllowOverride None
   to read
   AllowOverride AuthConfig
2. In the same configuration file, change the cgi-bin configuration from:
   #
   # "/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
   # CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
   #
   <Directory "/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin">
   AllowOverride None
   Options None
   Order allow,deny
   Allow from all
   </Directory>
   to
   #
   # "/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin" should be changed to whatever your ScriptAliased
   # CGI directory exists, if you have that configured.
   #
   <Directory "/usr/local/apache/cgi-bin">
   AllowOverride AuthConfig
   Options None
   Order allow,deny
   Allow from all
   </Directory>
   where the only change was on the 'AllowOverride' command and this example assumes the cgi-bin directory is in its standard location.
3. Add a file named .htaccess to the cgi-bin directory. This file should contain AuthName "Job Submission"
   AuthType Basic
   AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/users
   
   <LIMIT GET POST PUT>
   require valid-user
   </LIMIT>
   
4. Create a file named /usr/local/apache directory/users containing the names and passwords of the various users. This file is created using the program /usr/local/apache/bin/htpasswd as follows:
   1. From /usr/local/apache issue:
      ./bin/htpasswd -c users name
      to create the user password file, where name is the name of the user and the flag -c tells the program to create the file named user.
   2. Issue:
      ./bin/htpasswd users name
      for each additional user name you wish to add.

5. Restart the server.

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