> > I’m trying to set up a private family web site for genealogy, and want to
> > set up Apache Authorization access control for this site, and once the user
> > has logged in has access to the entire site. I’ve been reading the info at
> > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/auth.html to learn how to do this.
> > I’m just planning on passing out the same username and password to all
> > family members and allow everyone in the family to use the same username
> > and password, to keep things simple. The server is running Centos 5.1.> > >
> > > Is there any reason not to give each user his own login:password? it >
> > starts as "user friendly" and it ends up as a zombie...
OK I guess that makes sense, you mean if several people are logging in as the
same user
the process will stay running and it's easier to hack?
> > > > The first problem I am running into – I’m trying to use the htpasswd
> > > > utility that came with Apache 2.2 to create a password file. The
> > > > default location according to above URL is in
> > > > /usr/local/apache2/bin/htpasswd but apparently it’s not located there
> > > > in my install. > > > > I tried creating a password file by executing
> > > > htpasswd -c /passwd/passwords famsite but apparently htpasswd is not in
> > > > my path, I’m getting the “cannot create file /passwd/passwords famsite”
> > > > error.
On another note, with this forums help I was able to create the user and
password, so
at least that problem is resolved.
> > you can have a lot of fun under unix. try these:> > # cp /a/foo /b/bar>
> > ...> > > > How about creating the directory?> # mkdir /passwd> # cd
> > /passwd> # htpsswd -c passwords famsite
Yup that works, at least one problem solved thanks.
> > that said, /passwd is a bad choice. /etc/httpd/security is better.
OK will do. Question though, if both /passwd and /etc/httpd/security are both
owned by apache user, then is there really a difference in security between
using either /passwd or /etc/httpd/security ? As long as my permissions are
properly
set?
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