hi,
I need help.
I want password protect my admin directory with .Htaccess and ht.passwd.,but my hosting provider don`t allow telnet access to the Apache server for htpasswd commands.
How can I protect my directory?
thanks.james

Manually create the .htaccess file.

Use the .htaccess example here:

http://he.net/...o/htaccess/demo.html

Put the code below into a cgi file and upload it to your server in the directory you want to create the .htpasswd file, chmod it to 755 and execute it.

Obviously alter "password" and "username".

The password is encrypted using crypt - it isn't the most secure way but it is good enough for what you want.



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hi,
thanks.
I get a internal server error when I try to execute the cgi in the server.
the perl path is right.

You need to use;

#!/usr/bin/perl
&main();

sub main {

my $password = "password";
my $username = "username";
my $new = crypt($password, "salt");
open(PWD,">.htpasswd") || die "Couln't create .htpasswd file : $!";
print PWD "$username:$new\n";
close(PWD);print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n";
print "DONE";

}

There was an extra ) where there shouldn't have been

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Ack, sorry I added a bracket by accident...

Change

open(PWD,">.htpasswd") || die "Couln't create .htpasswd file : $!");

to

open(PWD,">.htpasswd") || die "Couln't create .htpasswd file : $!";

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I get "done" from the script,but my admin directory is not password protection.
Maybe My .htaccess file is wrong.
I use windows wordpad to write it with extension .txt.I uploaded it in my cgi-bin directory.
thanks for your help again.

The file HAS to be called just .htaccess - not .htaccess.txt

Use your FTP client to rename it. It should then disappear from sight.

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I`ve just renamed it as .htaccess,but now i get internal server error web i try to execute my admin.cgi.

That means you have setup .htaccess incorrectly. Try double chcking the paths. Maybe you could place a copy of what you have in your .htaccess file here so we could have a look.

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You would be better just finding a free script such as LockIt at hotscripts.com to do everything for you.

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I didn't. I poseted it saying that I thought it was to do with .htaccess files not being set correctly, but after i posted it i read it again and realised that it wasn't down to that. So, I went back and changed it. I didn't realise you had mad a reply to the error until i refreshed the page again!


NOTE: In case you are wondering what I am on about, Paul accused me in the above post of 'copying' him with my reply. He said that I had made a post, then seen his and changed it to say exactly the same thing. Since then, he has removed the post

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hi,Thanks a lot.It works now.
I have an extra space in the .htaccess file.
james.

I have the same problem and have been following this thread.

I copied the code you provided, changed the password and username, saved it as htacess.cgi (using homesite), uploaded it, chmodded to 755, changed it's name to .htaccess.

It disappeared. I have tried this a couple of times with slight variations - there must be a good few lost .htaccess files floating about now! But when I go to admin.cgi I am still not protected and the warning is still there.

Am I missing something here - do I need to create a .htpassword file or something?

I never said upload the code in a file called htaccess.cgi and rename it to .htaccess

I said put it in the directory that you want to create the .htpasswd file and execute the code which will create the .htpasswd file for you.

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