How to password protect single files with htaccess
Protecting directories with htaccess is easy and comfortable. This tutorial shows how to protect single files only. more >>
Contents
Create a password file
On unix systems you can use the htpasswd / htpasswd2
command:
PASSWORD_FILE is the file where the passwords are
stored.
USER is the username
PASSWORD is the password
command:
htpasswd2 -cb PASSWORD_FILE USER PASSWORD
PASSWORD_FILE is the file where the passwords are
stored.
USER is the username
PASSWORD is the password
htaccess code
Put the follwing code into the .htaccess file:
file.html is the file you want to password protect.
"Members Only" is the String that appears on prompt window
/absolute_path/to/PASSWORD_FILE is the path to the password file you have specified on step 1.
<FilesMatch "file.html">
AuthName "Members Only"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /absolute_path/to/PASSWORD_FILE
require valid-user
</FilesMatch>
file.html is the file you want to password protect.
"Members Only" is the String that appears on prompt window
/absolute_path/to/PASSWORD_FILE is the path to the password file you have specified on step 1.