Web Support -- Password Protection
Creating .htpasswd files
Use these instructions to password protect directories via .htaccess. Note that this works only with sites hosted on DCANet's Unix servers.

You must use this interface to create passwords for your .htpasswd files for limiting access to pages. (For more information on secure web pages and .htpasswd files, see NCSA's security tutorial.) The reason you must use this interface is that the DCANet web server runs a different version of Unix than does the Unix machine that is used by DCANet customers (universal.dca.net). This means that passwords generated on universal.dca.net cannot be interpreted by our web server.

To create a password entry that you can use to add to your .htpasswd, enter the username and password in the form below and press the "Submit" button. If you do not enter a password, a random password will be automatically generated.

Enter the username and password:
  Username: 
  Password:

Example::

Location of .htpasswd file universal.dca.net:/home/joeuser/.htpasswd
Contents of .htpasswd file 
foouser:$1$eP$uCnhSHdCbteSgMCLn7Dcj.
jqpublic:$1$Z1$XghwFtqeIlj4tLLO9cRGP0
Location of .htaccess file universal.dca.net:/home/joeuser/public_html/somedir/.htaccess
Contents of .htaccess file 
AuthUserFile /universal/home/joeuser/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName ByPassword
AuthType Basic

<Limit GET>
require user jqpublic
require user foouser
</Limit>

Make sure the .htaccess & .htpasswd files are world-readable!
chmod a+r .htaccess

chmod a+r .htpasswd

DCANet provides this page as a service to its clients. DCANet offers no guarantees as to the accuracy of the information herein and assumes no responsibility for the consequences of its use.