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Configure Apache for HTTP authentication

See also Authentication

Here is how I configured Apache using basic HTTP authentication for the demo sites. In a production site you’ll probably use more secure authentication methods. My source was http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/auth.html.

Create a local directory for the flatfile user database:

# mkdir /usr/local/django/myproject/htpasswd

Create a first user:

# htpasswd -c /usr/local/django/myproject/htpasswd/passwords root

Create more users:

# htpasswd /usr/local/django/myproject/htpasswd/passwords user

Create a groups file nano/usr/local/django/myproject/htpasswd/groups with the following content:

lino: root user

Then, in your Apache config file (/etc/apache2/sites-available/default):

<Directory />
  AuthType Basic
  AuthName "Lino demo"
  AuthUserFile /usr/local/django/myproject/htpasswd/passwords
  AuthGroupFile /usr/local/django/myproject/htpasswd/groups
  Require group lino
  AllowOverride None
</Directory>