sorry to ask this again, I know that it's been asked before but I've literally read every discussion for trouble shooting and I'm still having problems
heres my code:
AllowOverride AuthConfig
AuthUserFile path/index/.htpasswd
AuthType Basic
AuthName "restricted area"
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
require valid-user
whenever I delete the .htaccess from the server the pages run normally but when I re-add the .htaccess I get the internal server error. It's really weird because occasionally an enter your password window comes up even but when I enter the password the window reappears, as if the password was entered incorrectly, and when I reload the page I get the 500 server error. Thanks in advance for the much needed help!!!
This line:
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Is probably what's causing you the error. The AllowOverride directive tells apache what is allowed to be used in things like htaccess files. So obviously, it's not something you can set in your htaccess file. AllowOverride needs to be in the server or vhost config, and the AuthConfig part of it tells apache that you can have auth directives (like AuthType, AuthName, etc) in an htaccess file.
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I have a server running, and setup an htaccess file. Everything works and it does require a password to gain access to the folder I set, but once the password is used, it has never required verification again. Seems insecure, so I'm wondering how to require re-entering a password. Like some kind of time-out on the access, but I don't know what to look for, and all I've found is people trying to stop needing a password all the time.
Please help with either a solution, or point me in the right direction for what I need to be searching for.
I am using ssl, and .httaccess file with basic auth setup in the apache config file.
<Directory "/var/www/html">
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Restricted Content"
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Directory>
As I know, apache/HTTP authentication don't gives you control.
After first authentication, your server cannot instruct the browser to logout or timeout. HTTP authentication does not work with session/cookies and the browser shall continually send authentication credentials.
To logout you should close the browser.
looking in Apache webpage: AuthDigestNonceLifetime Directive could be useful the value is in seconds for the time. i use 300 here.
<Directory "/var/www/html">
AuthType Digest
AuthName "Restricted-Content"
AuthDigestDomain "http://127.0.1.2"
AuthDigestProvider file
AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/.htpasswd
AuthDigestNonceLifetime 30
Require valid-user
</Directory>
Also you will have to use the htdigest command to generate the .htpasswd file
htdigest -c /etc/apache2/.htpasswd Restricted-Content username
then set the password
then set the AuthDigestDomain to your URL or IP
this conffiguration can only work with the degest based authentication. although the user must clear their browser cache manually.
but i would recommend you switch to a different method for autentication, unless its the only option for the application
I am using the following in my htaccess:
Options +Indexes
IndexOptions +FancyIndexing
AuthUserFile /home/html/.htpasswd
AuthName "Restricted Area"
AuthType Basic
require valid-user
It works great in the root directory...
The problem is when I access a sub-directory, it asks for a password again. For each and every sub-directory it asks for a password. In fact, everytime I refresh it asks for the password again, instead of caching it in.
How do I fix this?
I've figured this one out. It is related to FancyIndexing. If you have FancyIndexing enabled, htaccess will ask to reconfirm the password on every file and folder within the initial folder. Turning this off solved the issue.
I saw this and I'd love to know how to recreate it. Unfortunately, I don't know .htaccess.
Upon viewing an image, there was an HTTP Basic Auth style dialog that asked to enter some sort of authentication (albeit nothing actually submitted anywhere).
I'm sorry for the skid question, but I'd really love some insight as to how this can be done using .htaccess or .htpasswd.
Thanks.
In your apache site conf, add something like:
Alias /image /path/to/img
<Directory "/path/to/img">
AuthType Basic
AuthName "LoginImage"
AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Directory>
Then, create the .htpasswd file with:
htpasswd -c .htpasswd someusername
and you'll be prompted to create a password.
I've been working through "PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, & CSS" by Robin Nixon, and have hit a brick wall with the Basic Authentication in PHP section: the login pop-up won't accept a correct username and password and instead loops. So I tried editing the server's config settings. I'm using the Apache2 server, and have (I think) set up authentication and authorization through configuring httpd.conf and .htaccess, but I am now getting a 500 internal server error. I'm new to php so it's perhaps likely that i have missed a step or misunderstood a step, so any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
In httpd.conf i have added the following:
<Directory "...\Apache2/htdocs">
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Authentication Required"
AuthUserFile "...Apache2\passwd"
Require valid-user
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride AuthConfig
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
</Directory>
Is this where i am going wrong?
I have password protected my entire website using .htaccess but I would like to expose one of the sub directories so that it can be viewed without a password.
How can I disable htaccess password protection for a sub directory? Specifically what is the .htaccess syntax.
Here is my .htaccess file that is placed in the root of my ftp.
AuthName "Site Administratrion"
AuthUserFile /dir/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName secure
AuthType Basic
require user username1
order allow,deny
allow from all
You need to create a new .htaccess file in the required directory and include the Satisfy any directive in it like so, for up to Apache 2.3:
# allows any user to see this directory
Satisfy Any
The syntax changed in Apache 2.4, this has the same effect:
Require all granted
Adding to RageZ's answer, I used this in the Server Directives:
<Directory /var/www/protected/>
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Production"
AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/protected/unprotected>
Satisfy Any
</Directory>
Awesome. Thanks RageZ!
Simply create a new .htaccess in the desired subdirectory with this directive:
Allow from all
You can restrict to your IP only with :
Allow from x.x.x.x
See : http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_access_compat.html
Here is a way to allow subdirectory "foo" through the basic authentication from the main .htaccess file on a site:
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Password Required"
AuthUserFile /dir/.htpasswd
Require expr %{REQUEST_URI} =~ m#^/foo/#
Require valid-user
Note: This works in Apache 2.4. I have not confirmed for earlier versions.
You need to add another .htaccess file to the subdirectory that overrides the authentication. .htaccess cascades upwards, i.e. it will look in the current folder, then go up a level and so on.
If you want to prevent any specific directoty from htaccess authentication then you can use following code in your htaccess file at top.
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Enter Pass"
AuthUserFile /home/public_html/.htpasswd /*PATH TO YOUR .htpasswd FILE*/
Require valid-user
SetEnvIf Request_URI "(/DIRECTORY_NAME/)$" allow
Order allow,deny
Allow from env=allow
Also If you want to prevent multiple directories then
add
SetEnvIf Request_URI "(/DIRECTORY_NAME/)$" allow
as many time as many directories, you want to remove from htaccess prevention.