[samaa]

hi guys ,
I need your help...
I want to use .htaccess file to protect a directory to allow specific IP.
actually, I already did that every thing is ok but not perfect!
the directory is protected as the path
but it's not work well as a subdomain !


It's Ok when I entered :
http//:www.exampledomain.com/vb/admin

but it's not Work if I entered as subdomain:
http//:vb.exampledomain.com/admin


I use this .htaccess file

AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Admin Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /home/****/domains/exampledomain.com/.htpasswd/public_html/vb/admin/.htpasswd
require valid-user

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

Order deny,allow
Deny from all

# allow my Ip
Allow from ***the Ip***



I search that I can use :
AuthType Digest
and use :
AuthDigestDomain/ http://exampledomain.com/vb/admin/ http://vb.domain.com/admin/

How can I use this ?
and where can I find the .htpasswd file that created after using Password Protection ?

regardsd & waitting for your reply

[ruteckycs]

Have a look at this
http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess3.shtml
or
You can use custom code to password protect the index file of you sub domain.

[wirehopper]

Move the .htpasswd file out of the public_html tree, so no one can get to it.

When you say it doesn't work for the subdomain, does the page display properly under the subdomain? If not, the subdomain may not be set up properly.

[jackkk]

Firstly, you will need to know the full path to your document root.

Then, in the directory you want to protect with HTTP authentication, create or upload a file named: .htaccess (remember to include the "." before the "htaccess"). Alternatively you can upload a text file called htaccess.txt and rename this once it has been uploaded to .htaccess

The .htaccess file should contain the following 4 lines:

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Some Description"
AuthUserFile /[home dir full path]/httpdocs/.htpasswd
Require valid-user

For example, if your domain was example.com, then the third line would read:

AuthUserFile /usr/local/www/vhosts/example.com/httpdocs/.htpasswd


Good Luck !!!

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