Add HTTP Password Login to a Site
For adding the very first user
- Find out the
AuthUserFile
path in the Apache config file. For Ubuntu, it is located in /etc/apache/conf-enabled/YOUR_SITE_PROFILE
.conf. For this example, the path is /etc/apache2/.htpasswd - For create the
FIRST
account for user with login user1sudo htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/.htpasswd user1
- Type in the new password for user1
- Type the password again
- The password is added.
For adding additional user
- Type
sudo htpasswd /etc/apache2/.htpasswd anotheruser
Note that we do not have
-c
in the command. - Type in the new password for anotheruser
- Type the password again
- The password is added.