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--- blog:apache_htaccess_for_ip_or_auth_based_access [2011-08-15 13:49] – brb
+++ blog:apache_htaccess_for_ip_or_auth_based_access [2022-12-20 14:09] (current) – brb
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 ====== Apache htaccess for ip or auth based access ======
+Create a password file with a hard to guess name like ''~/.htpass87s9adf'' with usernames and passwords using the commands
+  htpasswd -B USERNAME PASSWORD PASSWORDFILE
+  chmod o+r PASSWORDFILE
+Create a file ''.htaccess'' using and adapting the following content. In the lines ''Allow from'' you can add IP addresses which will have access without password authentication.
 <code>
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 AuthName "Authorisation required"
-AuthUserFile /home/user/.users
+AuthUserFile /home/user/PASSWORDFILE
 AuthGroupFile /dev/null
 AuthType Basic