not that this has anything to do with databases... ([php-db]) assuming; 1. you are using apache 2. you have command-line access to your server 3. your webhost has htaccess enabled and configured to use ".htaccess" as the security file
you should be able to drop a file called (usally) ".htaccess" into the directory you want to secure. you then go to the command line and do something like $ htpasswd -c "/home/you/htbin/.htpasswd" username which creates (-c) the password file (/home/you/htbin/.htpasswd) and adds a user called "username" to it. when you hit enter it will ask for a password (twice). now the .htaccess file which is in your "to-be-secured" directory needs to look something like this; ==== snip AuthUserFile /path/to/htpasswd/file AuthName "Name to Appear in Box" AuthType Basic <Limit GET POST> require valid-user </Limit> ==== snip that example looks in "/path/to/htpasswd/file" and confirms that the user/pass combintation is a "valid-user" (any valid combo from the file) and if so, allows them access. you can get more information on all of this in the apache docuemntation at apache.org, search for "htaccess" and you might also be interested in the groups ability of the system, so search for "htgroup" (i think) hth beau // -----Original Message----- // From: news.php.net [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] // Sent: Monday, 21 January 2002 3:36 AM // To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // Subject: [PHP-DB] HTTP authentication // // // Heya, // // I'm trying to find out how http header authentication works. // For some reason // my webserver won't do it on a directory basis. But the // problem is that the // documentation that came along with the PHP package doesn't // help me much. // // Can you guys give me a working example on how to use and // implement it? // // I would really appreciate it, // // Kevin // // // // -- // PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) // To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // To contact the list administrators, e-mail: // [EMAIL PROTECTED] // -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
