How can i make an .htacces file??

ovisopa

Hello ppl,
iI need to protect one subfolder of my site and I don't know what the .htacces file should be user:ddd ?????
Now few months I could protect a folder from my host control panel, but now I can't find that option, and I think its in WebShell3 nut that's not working 🙁( .

Can somebody tell me how can I make that file and I think I can upload it over the ftp, It's any problem with ftp???

10x and see ya

jpmoriarty

just create it in notepad and then save it as .htaccess, then up load it.

ir4z0r

the .htacces file is only a part of the truth
it contains an entry of a password-file, usually .htpasswd

search javascriptkit.com's HowTos, there's an article available

theeper

A simple .htaccess file to protect an entire directory might look something like this ...

AuthName "mydomain.com"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /path/to/htpasswd/files/passwordfile
require valid-user

Then the password file '/path/to/htpasswd/files/passwordfile' contains a username and an MD5 hash of the password seperated with a colon. It looks something like this.

joe:Hal8GV3lHCkak
fred:SG8zpSQJfpkcc

Provided apache is coonfigured properly, you can create a script to write the htpasswd file and MD5 the password and protect your directory. It is not too secure to keep the password file in your web root though.

Also, don't forget to put an -la flag in your FTP client so you can see the .htaccess file when you load it.

Take a look at PHP's HTTP auth routine, it may work for you as well.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.http-auth.php