Here is a short example of password protecting a directory with htaccess and htpassword.

#put this is your .htaccess file that resides
#in the directory that you wish to protect

AuthUserFile /path/to/whereever/.users
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Miami"
<LIMIT GET POST&gt
require valid-user
</LIMIT&gt

#run this command after you add the htaccess
#command to add a user to a newuser file
sudo htpasswd -c /path/to/whereever/.users newusername

#command to add a user to an exsisting file
sudo htpasswd /path/to/whereever/.users newusername

you will then be prompted twice for the new password for the username that you chose in the command above. Thats all folks…

Enjoy,
NC

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