How do I password-protect my website using .htaccess?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Htaccess can be used to password-protect directories on your web sites.</b></span><br /> <br /> You can do this Password Protection very easily by using below steps<br /> <span style="color: #003300;"><b><span style="color: black;">Step 1</span></b>.</span> Change to the directory that you wish to protect<br /> <br /> In the following example we wish to protect a directory called pvt in our htdocs directory.<br /> <span style="color: #000099;">[root@amit ]# cd /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/</span><br /> <span style="color: #000099;">[root@amit.htdocs] # mkdir pvt</span><br /> <br /> <b>Step 2</b>. Create a file named .htaccess<br /> Use your favourite editor to create a file called .htaccess . In the below example we will use vim.<br /> <span style="color: #000099;">[root@amit.htdocs] # vim .htaccess</span><br />Add <span style="color: #000099;"><i>following</i></span> lines in .htaccess file<br /> <br /> <i>AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache2/conf/.htpasswd</i> #### path of .htpasswd file<br /> <i>AuthName "My Private Password Protect Directory"</i> ### title for the username/password input box.<br /> <i>AuthType Basic</i><br /> <i>Require valid-user amit</i> #### vaild user name<br /> <br /> <b>Step 3.</b> Create the .htpasswd file by adding users<br /> <span style="color: #000099;">[root@amit.htdocs] # htpasswd -c /usr/local/apache2/conf/.htpasswd amit</span>New password:<br /> Re-type new password:<br /> Adding password for user amit<br /> <br /> This creates a file .htpasswd containing the username amit. Then it will be prompted for a password for amit, which will be stored in the .htpasswd file<br /> So, to create a new users and change the password for existing users, switch to the directory that contain .htpasswd, run this command<br /> <br />  # <i>htpasswd -c .htpasswd username </i><br /> <br /> <b>Step 4.</b> Set the permissions on your .htaccess and .htpasswd file<br /> Now use chmod command to chage permission of .htaccess & .htpasswd to make it world-readable<br /> <br /> <span style="color: #000099;">[root@amit.htdocs] # chmod 644 /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/pvt/.htaccess</span><br /> <span style="color: #000099;">[root@amit.htdocs] # chmod 644 /usr/local/apache2/conf/.htpasswd</span><br /> <br /> Now you done everything !!!!<br /> Now, anytime you attempt to view your password protected directory (pvt ), any file within it, or recursively any subdirectory of it, you will be prompted for a username and password,<br /> <br /> From the desk of <a href="http://www.amitmaheshwari.in/" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #000099;">Amit Maheshwari</span></i></a></div>

How do I password-protect my website using .htaccess?

Htaccess can be used to password-protect directories on your web sites. You can do this Password Protection very easily by using below st...

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