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All About Linux: Password Protect Your Website Hosted on Apache Web Server

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 28, 2006

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]

“At times, when I am browsing the web, I click on a link such as
this one and instead of a web page, I get a dialog box asking me to
enter my user name and password. And only after I have been
authenticated do I get access to the website (or page). This
feature of password protection is very simple to implement in
Apache web server.

“Basically, the whole process of password authentication banks
on just two files…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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