Url Protection

[phocee]

Hi,

 

I have searched the August forums about this and found some similar topics but no exact response : I would like to protect a URL, NOT a directory;

 

Because I am using a CMS, the URL does not automatically map to a directory.

 

For instance I want to protect any URL that starts with http://mydomain/perso/

 

Normally this can be done with .htaccess and .htpasswd files. Is it the case at tch ?

Is there any online support to build these .htpasswd files or do I have to create them myself (normally a UNIX thing)

 

Thanks very much for your support,

 

Regards

 

Nicolas.

[phocee]

Normally this can be done with .htaccess and .htpasswd files.

 

Actually, I am not sure about this. If I remember my technical years and if I read for instance "http://www.cgiextremes.com/extras/Tips_Tutorials/htaccess.html", I can NOT do what I want from htaccess files.

 

It is rather an Apache configuration file (httpd.conf) property. And I guess I can not ask for this can I ?

 

Any suggestion welcome,

 

Thanks again,

 

Nicolas.

[phocee]

Topic closed positively: it works FINE with htaccess !!

 

---------------------------------------------------------

AuthUserFile <full_path_to_the_htpasswd_file>

AuthGroupFile /dev/null

AuthName "Restricted Stuff"

AuthType "Basic"

<Files perso>

require valid-user

</Files>

---------------------------------------------------------

 

And goodie : an htpasswd file generator : http://www.poplarware.com/cgi-bin/htpasswd.cgi

 

Sorry for the bother.

 

Nicolas.

[TCH-Rob]

Nicolas,

 

No bother at all. I enjoyed watching you respond to yourself. Glad I am not the only one.