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yellowbird
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password protection - 5/26/2008 13:32:44
I have a site on which i wish to password protect a page. I have created 2 files; htaccess and htpasswd which were save in my root directory as htaccess.htm and htpasswd.htm
Now, do i upload them to the server as such or should i be inserting the codes in that particular page?
Thanking you in advance
Ron
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treetopsranch
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RE: password protection - 5/26/2008 18:11:32
They go in the directory in which your passworded page resides.
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yellowbird
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RE: password protection - 5/27/2008 8:45:54
Thanks for your reply, but if you read my post that is what i have done. Both files are in the root directory.
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treetopsranch
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RE: password protection - 5/27/2008 11:44:21
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htaccess and htpasswd which were save(ed) in my root directory as htaccess.htm and htpasswd.htm
That is incorrect. They must be .htaccess and .htpaswd. No extension.
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treetopsranch
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RE: password protection - 5/27/2008 11:53:36
You can go here for more info:
http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess.shtml
Just curious, doesn't Expression have a help file on how to password a page or directory?
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BobbyDouglas
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RE: password protection - 5/27/2008 13:56:12
Just being picky... the .htpaswd file should be below the visible folders/files (thus below the public_html or www folders).
That file contains all of the encrypted usernames/passwords, so it isn't good to have visible online.
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