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--- techstaff:personal_homepage [2014/12/17 16:52] – [2. Creating the directory that will host your site] kauffman
+++ techstaff:personal_homepage [2016/03/29 09:53] – kauffman
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 You can access your home page by using the following URL: https://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~username
 Please replace 'username' with your CNETID.
+====== Password protecting a directory ======
+Please be aware that this not provide any real security and only keeps honest people honest. People viewing your page with a web browser will be required to provide a password. However, since files in your ~/html directory must be world readable to be seen by the server, anyone can view your html files directly.
+Create new password file (with a user):
+<code>htpasswd -c .http_passwd new_user</code>
+  - The password file should not be in your html directory, but it must be world readable.
+  - To add more users remove ''%%-c%%'' from the above command.
+<code>htpasswd .http_passwd user2</code>
+Put a file .htaccess in each html directory to be restricted. Start with this template:
+<code>
+AuthUserFile /home/mokwa/html/.http_passwd
+AuthName Projec
+AuthType Basic
+require valid-user
+</code>
+Now set the permissions on the .htaccess and .http_passwd file.
+<code>
+chmod 644 .htaccess .http_passwd
+</code>