Make html password protected?

Make html password protected?

[Rainer M Krug]

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Hi

I do not have much experience with html and websites (what an
understatement!) but I would like to publish / export a simple html page
password protected. Is ther an easy way to do it in word?

The content is not highly confidential or sensitive, just some analysis
for a paper of which I would like to provide regular feedback to my
co-authors and which should not be to easily readable by others.

Any suggestions?

Rainer
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Rainer M. Krug
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Re: Make html password protected?

[Ian Barton]

On 08/09/14 11:22, Rainer M Krug wrote:
> Hi
>
> I do not have much experience with html and websites (what an
> understatement!) but I would like to publish / export a simple html page
> password protected. Is ther an easy way to do it in word?
>
> The content is not highly confidential or sensitive, just some analysis
> for a paper of which I would like to provide regular feedback to my
> co-authors and which should not be to easily readable by others.
>
> Any suggestions?
>

It depends if you have access to your web server configuration.	If you 
are able to modify it the simplest way is to create an .htacess file in 
the directory containing your file:

AuthName        "Journal"
AuthType        Digest file:
AuthUserFile    /etc/httpd/journal.passwd
Require         valid-user
Order           allow,deny
Satisfy         any

You can create a password file with:

htdigest -c /etc/httpd/journal.passwd "Journal" username

To add more users omit the -c argument, which will create a new file.

Make sure you use digest authentication not basic (ie don't use 
htpasswd). Basic authentication transmits user names and passwords in 
plain text.

Ian.

Re: Make html password protected?

[Rainer M Krug]

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Ian Barton <lists@wilkesley.net> writes:

> On 08/09/14 11:22, Rainer M Krug wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> I do not have much experience with html and websites (what an
>> understatement!) but I would like to publish / export a simple html page
>> password protected. Is ther an easy way to do it in word?
>>
>> The content is not highly confidential or sensitive, just some analysis
>> for a paper of which I would like to provide regular feedback to my
>> co-authors and which should not be to easily readable by others.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>
> It depends if you have access to your web server configuration. If you
> are able to modify it the simplest way is to create an .htacess file
> in the directory containing your file:

Unfortunately I am not. I only have ftp access to the html directory.

Rainer

>
> AuthName        "Journal"
> AuthType        Digest file:
> AuthUserFile    /etc/httpd/journal.passwd
> Require         valid-user
> Order           allow,deny
> Satisfy         any
>
> You can create a password file with:
>
> htdigest -c /etc/httpd/journal.passwd "Journal" username
>
> To add more users omit the -c argument, which will create a new file.
>
> Make sure you use digest authentication not basic (ie don't use
> htpasswd). Basic authentication transmits user names and passwords in
> plain text.
>
> Ian.
>
>

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