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Subject:	Re: HTTP Password.
From:	Dave Smith
Date:	Tue, 12 May 1998 21:29:38 +0100

Richard wrote:
>
> Since I have little to add as per Flash (but workinmg on it) allow me to offer
> some tips on how to use htpassword to protect the files in a directory in a
> UNIX directory.
> The web document to be protected.
> Actually, access is restricted by directory so all files in the same directory
> will be protected.
>
> First crete the file-> .htaccess <- using a text editor in UNIX like the
> simple PICO or for the more ambitous, Vi.
> Notice the period before the htaccess that makes the file exectuable via Born,
> Korn CShell etc.
> .
> This file should be in the directory which contains the documents to restrict
> access to. The contents of this file are just the what the later password file
> calls.
>
> For example if you were user 'flasher' with web documents in the local
> directory "/home/flasher/public_html/flashdemos" that you wanted to restrict
> access to, your .htaccess might look like:
>
> AuthUserFile /home/flasher/public_html/flashdemos/.htpasswd
> AuthName flasher_flashdemos
> AuthType Basic
> <Limit GET>
> require valid-user
> </Limit>
>
> Note that .htaccess will not work if there are extra spaces after AuthUserFile.
>
> The file .htpasswd.
> This file contains the passwords of the users.
>
> To create the .htpasswd file log in to this server using telnet, change
> directory to the directory you want to restrict access to, and type:
>
> htpasswd -c .htpasswd someone
>
> for the first user (where someone is the username). You will then be prompted
> twice for the user's password. The -c option causes the .htpasswd file to be
> created. For each additional user type:
>
> htpasswd .htpasswd someuser
>
> piece of cake.

Hiya Rhichard,

Wont this tag keep the .swf file from caching onboard users system?

Also do any browsers NOT support this?

-DG-

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