Password lock a web page

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There are several different way to protect a web page on the CVL.  All of these methods depend upon creating a file in the directory that you want to password protect.
 
There are several different way to protect a web page on the CVL.  All of these methods depend upon creating a file in the directory that you want to password protect.
 
This file is called '''.htaccess'''.  Please note that the name of this file starts with a period.
 
This file is called '''.htaccess'''.  Please note that the name of this file starts with a period.
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=Campus Login=
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The most common way of password locking the web page is to use allow people to ''login'' using their campus PID / passowrd.  (This is your campus provided login, ''not'' your CVL login.)
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For this you must create a .htaccess file that looks like this:

Revision as of 16:59, 11 February 2008

There are several different way to protect a web page on the CVL. All of these methods depend upon creating a file in the directory that you want to password protect. This file is called .htaccess. Please note that the name of this file starts with a period.

Campus Login

The most common way of password locking the web page is to use allow people to login using their campus PID / passowrd. (This is your campus provided login, not your CVL login.) For this you must create a .htaccess file that looks like this:

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