When you want to limit access to web pages, Apache offers password protection. In this article we are going to describe how to use this feature. The system we are going to describe uses a text file similar to the passwd file located in the etc directory to store usernames and encrypted passwords. When a user accesses a password protected page, they will be prompted for username / password. When Apache receives this info, it compares the stored encrypted password with an encrypted version of the password supplied by the user. If all compares, the user is allowed access.
Date:2007-05-07 |
