
- #XAMPP FOR WINDOWS PASSWORD CHECK PLUGINS GENERATOR#
- #XAMPP FOR WINDOWS PASSWORD CHECK PLUGINS FULL#
- #XAMPP FOR WINDOWS PASSWORD CHECK PLUGINS SOFTWARE#
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If password was not correct it will return errorĮven shorter: Apache > folder containing access file > access file path > checking password file > return error or display content. Once user put login info, Apache will check the encrypted password file for that information and display what suppose to display if password was ok
#XAMPP FOR WINDOWS PASSWORD CHECK PLUGINS CODE#
If code containing path to password file was found (myhtcontrol.txt) it will check it and give message to user to enter login info In short, Apache accessing the folder for you, if found the file specified in nf - it will start reading it It should ask you to insert username and password. Done, place your folder1password.txt in the security folder as explained above, and try accessing the folder via http Here it will give you the user and the encrypted password, copy them and paste to your file: "folder1password.txt"
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this will make it easier to delete it later if you want to disable access to that user.ģ- Create you password file from the same handy website using the other tool: htpasswd generator I recommend to make new password file for each protected folder.
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Second filed put your password file full path as explained above First field will display the message to whoever accessing the file from web: example: "this is not allowed" Restart Apache (Important) to apply the new global settingsĢ- Now, use this easiest tool (tested and worked with xampp) to create our myhtcontrol.txt
#XAMPP FOR WINDOWS PASSWORD CHECK PLUGINS SOFTWARE#
Or any other name ends with txt - to open it directly with notepad (the only nice software in windows ) htaccessĬode: Select all AccessFileName: myhtcontrol.txt Open it using notepad (Since we are in stupid windows environment) - locate:Ĭode: Select all AccessFileName. To get rid of the dot affront of ".htaccess" file and be able to create new files in windows (windows doesn't allow creating such file name" we are going to change it:ġ- Xampp does identify the ".htaccess" file default using "nf" located -by default- in: C:\XAMPP\apache\conf\extra

htaccess file in each folder it will override those global settings, and apply the new specified settings to this folder and all folders inside it. Remember: these settings are watched globally via nf, but when adding them in the. Each line presents new username with its encrypted passwordĥ- You can include any other codes (directives) to your ".htaccess" - but there should be only one ".htaccess" file in each folder! If you need more than one username and password, add another line to your file "folder1passwords.txt" NOTE: user1 is the username, and the other part after is the password ENCRYPTED using md5


This is how your "folder1passwords.txt" file should appear from insdie:Ĭode: Select all user1:$apr1$z00gp/.$H4bYagczvliyfJoau34SP/ htaccess file:ĪuthName "NOT ALLOWED TO ACCESS FROM EVERYBODY"ĪuthUserFile C:\\xampp\\security\\folder1passwords.txtĤ- Now, as you can see, it is only to locate where is our password file located, so you need that password file which is called: "folder1passwords.txt"Īnd best location to store it is somewhere that can't be accessed via web, like c:\xampp\security (thanks Sharley, you are the best ) Simply is a file to tell Apache where your username and password(s) are located!Įxample for what is inside. htaccess exists in folder 2 also, it will apply those settings to folder2 ONLY and any folder inside it

htaccess file exists in folder1, it will read all information from it, regardless to what is it in nf (global settings) htaccess inside the folder/file you are requesting:Įxample: if you request: Apache will check first global nf file and apply directives, AFTER THAT, it will start checking folder1 then folder2 for ".htaccess" file and if it existed or notĢ- You need the file ".htaccess" to be in that folder, or any above folderĮxample: if. htaccess protecting thing with xampp for windowįirst, you need to understand the process:ġ- Once you request any file in the server, Apache will check for file called. This is for guys who want to understand how protecting directories work in xampp using simplest way!Īs I tried many many ways and read a lot, I wanted to share with you a very easy and short way to use.
