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cool digg.

I like it. Very straightforward. He also has a nice password/htaccess link from that site.

Chances are your web space provider gives you a control panel like Cpanel which has htaccess built into it. So all you have to is select the folder you want protection on and the password and it makes the htaccess file for you.

@scotty558:
Not everybody uses Cpanel or GUI tools to configure things like this. Some people like to learn how it works also. :)

nice digg btw...

Dugg.
Useful to have handy. Only problem that I can find is... how do you make joke comments about this one?

Main reason I read the comments is 'cause you folks are funny...

"Chances are your web space provider gives you a control panel like Cpanel which has htaccess built into it. So all you have to is select the folder you want protection on and the password and it makes the htaccess file for you."

htaccess is for a lot more than just basic authentication, although in general it's better practice to use a Directory directive in the main config file if you are able. It makes it easier to figure out which directories have which special directives applied to them.

Very nice. Digged (Dugg?) and added to my pile of cheat sheet bookmarks. :D

Yeah, I'm aware of and have used built in CP stuff for folder locking/pw protecting.

It's just nice to be able to understand how to do it manually if need be.

Article Date: 27 Apr 2005

Good information

cool dig thanks

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http://digg.com/links/Unreal_Octopus_

now that is something interesting

I'm just in the process of getting a hosting setup. This guide is incredibly useful! Thanks!
+Digg.

short and imple... nice one

oh its straightforward allright, but not even close to http://digg.com/programming/Best_Apache_htaccess_Code_snippets