Password-protected web page

[vipwoody]

Hello,

I need to create a password-protected page within my website. ex: www.google.com/protected.html

I don't want my domain to be password-protected, just a page.

What codes should I need to do that?

I want to get a prompt like this one:

<snipped>

Please keep it simple, and easy for me to implement it... since I am not that good in web scripting and programming.

Thanks a lot

VipWoody

Edited November 9, 2007 by Colin-uk
password prompt removed.

[Lant]

If you're using apache I think .htaccess would work - I don't have any experience so you'll need to do some googling.

[That Guy Veteran]

Your webhost should already provide an easy way to do it, but if not I believe you can do it thorugh htaccess, or something like that. I think it depends on your server OS though

[vipwoody]

I've been told that I can do this with a .htaccess and a .htpasswd file.

for .htaccess:

AuthName "Restricted Area"

AuthType Basic

AuthUserFile www.wadih-ghsoubi.com/!@#$%/.htpasswd

AuthGroupFile /dev/null

require valid-user

for .htpasswd:

admin1:AC51NHM5rlith

I did what was needed, and I got the prompt pop-up when accessing /extra, but it is not accepting my username and password, even though i am sure that the username and password im typing in is correct.

What do you think is the problem?

[mentalindustries]

The image you posted in your first post is now asking me for the sites username and password.

[Popcorned1]

Yep, I take it you got it working.

[vipwoody]

  mentalindustries said:

The image you posted in your first post is now asking me for the sites username and password.

even if i put the username and password, it keeps on asking again. it doesn't work.

and i am sure that the username and password typed in are 100% correct.

[Popcorned1]

  Quote

AuthUserFile www.wadih-ghsoubi.com/!@#$%/.htpasswd

Try to make this use relative paths rather than absolute and see if this has an affect.

[arctic19]

  Popcorned said:

Try to make this use relative paths rather than absolute and see if this has an affect.

or try a http:// at the start

[vipwoody]

I really tried everything... I don't know.. its not working.

I just sent my web-hosting company (1and1.com) an email, and hopefully they can help me sort things out correctly.

Thank you guys.

[DaveLegg Developer]

It wont work with a www. at the start, you need a local file path, not a url. .htaccess / .htpassword shouldn't be served by apache in the first place, and it probably won't try to load them from a url either.