Comments on: Password Protect an Apache Website using .htaccess http://www.groovypost.com/howto/apache/password-protect-apache-website/ Groovy Technical and How To Articles for New and Advanced Computer Users Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:02:53 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: How-To Setup a Private Family WordPress Blog | groovypost.com http://www.groovypost.com/howto/apache/password-protect-apache-website/#comment-7896 How-To Setup a Private Family WordPress Blog | groovypost.com Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:50:44 +0000 http://www.groovypost.com/howto/apache/password-protect-apache-website/#comment-7896 [...] ran a “Private” family blog for friends and family which I secured using a less than elegant Site Password via an .htaccess file.  I was never really happy with this solution since the password is was and easily shared with [...] [...] ran a “Private” family blog for friends and family which I secured using a less than elegant Site Password via an .htaccess file.  I was never really happy with this solution since the password is was and easily shared with [...]

]]> By: lt http://www.groovypost.com/howto/apache/password-protect-apache-website/#comment-566 lt Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:03:46 +0000 http://www.groovypost.com/howto/apache/password-protect-apache-website/#comment-566 Does anyone know how to get this to work on Vista? I had everything working fine on my XP machine but now I can't get the password protection to work. All my pages/files are not password protected. When running the htpasswd from the command line I get the Vista security window popup (after I changed the Priviledge Level to Admin) but it doesn't modify or create the password file. Does anyone know how to get this to work on Vista? I had everything working fine on my XP machine but now I can’t get the password protection to work. All my pages/files are not password protected. When running the htpasswd from the command line I get the Vista security window popup (after I changed the Priviledge Level to Admin) but it doesn’t modify or create the password file.

]]> By: MrGroove http://www.groovypost.com/howto/apache/password-protect-apache-website/#comment-136 MrGroove Thu, 25 Oct 2007 15:19:44 +0000 http://www.groovypost.com/howto/apache/password-protect-apache-website/#comment-136 <p>Welcome to the site Prasanna,</p> <p>I'll do some digging but off-hand, I don't have a solution for capturing the password being passed to Apache for Authentication. I'll keep an eye out. Perhaps someone in the community can assist. Feel free to also post the question in the <a href="http://www.groovypost.com/forum" rel="nofollow">Forum</a> Welcome to the site Prasanna,

I’ll do some digging but off-hand, I don’t have a solution for capturing the password being passed to Apache for Authentication. I’ll keep an eye out. Perhaps someone in the community can assist. Feel free to also post the question in the Forum

]]> By: prasanna http://www.groovypost.com/howto/apache/password-protect-apache-website/#comment-132 prasanna Wed, 24 Oct 2007 12:46:52 +0000 http://www.groovypost.com/howto/apache/password-protect-apache-website/#comment-132 Mr Groove . Is it possible to catch a plain password before it passed to .htpasswd file for verification. If so, Please letme know about it. I need in my project Thanq for posting a good and valid information Mr Groove . Is it possible to catch a plain password before it passed to .htpasswd file for verification. If so, Please letme know about it. I need in my project

Thanq for posting a good and valid information

]]> By: Tony http://www.groovypost.com/howto/apache/password-protect-apache-website/#comment-32 Tony Thu, 30 Aug 2007 04:54:30 +0000 http://www.groovypost.com/howto/apache/password-protect-apache-website/#comment-32 Great read. I was looking for the info on creating the crypto for Apache for Windows. Great read. I was looking for the info on creating the crypto for Apache for Windows.

]]> By: AskApache http://www.groovypost.com/howto/apache/password-protect-apache-website/#comment-27 AskApache Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:39:43 +0000 http://www.groovypost.com/howto/apache/password-protect-apache-website/#comment-27 Hey MrGroove groovy post! You article is very well organized and I don't see how anyone could get confused you did such a great job explaining things.. Since you are running WordPress check out the <a href="http://www.askapache.com/wordpress/htaccess-password-protect.html" rel="nofollow">AskApache Password Protect plugin</a> which automatically adds password support to the /wp-admin/ directory on wordpress.... now I have to add Windows support! @AskApache Hey MrGroove groovy post! You article is very well organized and I don’t see how anyone could get confused you did such a great job explaining things.. Since you are running WordPress check out the AskApache Password Protect plugin which automatically adds password support to the /wp-admin/ directory on wordpress…. now I have to add Windows support!

@AskApache

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