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It is possible to password protect directories that are available on the internet through Bubba.<br>
It is possible to password protect directories that are available on the internet through Bubba.<br>  


1. Create a public folder<br>
1. Create a public folder<br>  
<pre>mkdir /home/web/public
<pre>mkdir /home/web/public
</pre>
</pre>  
2. Create a password file with user "public"<br>
2. Create a password file with user "public"<br>  
<pre> htpasswd -c /home/web/public/.htpasswd public
<pre> htpasswd -c /home/web/public/.htpasswd public
</pre>
</pre>  
3. Create a htaccess file<br>
3. Create a htaccess file<br>  
<pre>touch /home/web/public/.htaccess
<pre>touch /home/web/public/.htaccess
</pre>
</pre>  
4. Edit the htaccess file and save it<br>
4. Edit the htaccess file and save it<br>  
 
<pre>nano /home/web/public/.htaccess
nano /home/web/.htaccess<br>
</pre> <pre>AuthGroupFile /dev/null
<pre>AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Please login"
AuthName "Please login"
AuthType Basic
AuthType Basic
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&lt;/Limit&gt;
&lt;/Limit&gt;


</pre>
</pre>  
5. Modify Apache settings:<br>
5. Modify Apache settings:<br>  
<pre>nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/bubba
<pre>nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/bubba


</pre>
</pre>  
Change the parameter Allow Override on both port 80 and on port 443 virtual host settings:<br>
Change the parameter Allow Override on both port 80 and on port 443 virtual host settings:<br>  
<pre>&lt;Directory /home/web/&gt;
<pre>&lt;Directory /home/web/&gt;
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
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&lt;/Directory&gt;
&lt;/Directory&gt;


</pre>
</pre>  
6. Restart apache
6. Restart apache  
<pre>service apache2 restart
<pre>service apache2 restart
</pre>
</pre>  
7. Test by going to the directory: https://192.168.10.1/public
7. Test by going to the directory: https://192.168.10.1/public

Latest revision as of 15:28, 5 December 2010

It is possible to password protect directories that are available on the internet through Bubba.

1. Create a public folder

mkdir /home/web/public

2. Create a password file with user "public"

 htpasswd -c /home/web/public/.htpasswd public

3. Create a htaccess file

touch /home/web/public/.htaccess

4. Edit the htaccess file and save it

nano /home/web/public/.htaccess

AuthGroupFile /dev/null

AuthName "Please login"
AuthType Basic

<Limit GET POST>
require valid-user
</Limit>

5. Modify Apache settings:

nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/bubba

Change the parameter Allow Override on both port 80 and on port 443 virtual host settings:

<Directory /home/web/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>

6. Restart apache 

service apache2 restart

7. Test by going to the directory: https://192.168.10.1/public

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