Create .htaccess-restricted folder in website

[rolf (Rolf Bakker)]

Took some days to find time, but know I’ve jotted it down:

Howto password protect a folder on your website

Hi, although there are a quazilion how-to’s on the internet about this topic, I’ll add another to it: How to safeguard a folder on your website with a username/password. I make use of NethServer 7, but I guess on other versions it works quite the same. Prerequisites: you have successfully installed and configured a website on the main server of NS, you have shell-access with root-privileges, and know how to operate VI. OK let’s get started. Assume you want to have a file index.html in fold…

My first howto, please comment if necessary.
(However I’m abroad starting tomorrow, so it will take some days to react…)