Thanks Roverrat, htaccess is another good alternative, but I would like to setup mysql and php so that users can be able to edit and add to the website's webpages.
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With .htaccess you can protect files, folders, and webpages in or out the network from being viewed. A log-in prompt will appear asking for user and password info.
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I accomplished this by creating and placing two text files (.htaccess & .htpasswd) in the folder I want to protect.
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.htaccess file should look like this;
.AuthName "Login to the Private Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /var/www/localhost/the protected file/.htpasswd
Require user stonecuban
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I could'nt create an encrypted .htpasswd file by running these two commands in terminal?
htpasswd -cmb .htpasswd user password
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htpasswd -c .htpasswd user password
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So I went to this link
http://users.abac.com/cgi-bin/pass.pl and typed in a password and in return it gave an encrypted code of my password which I simply pasted alongside my user name followed by a colon in the .htpasswd file.
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.htpasswd file should look like this;
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stonecuban:klgytumkjcvf
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Restart server or servers.
Visit your new "login required" protected webpage in or out the network.
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But we're talking Lamp here.
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I would like to setup mysql and php so that users can be able to edit and add to the website's webpages.
I've gotten as far as my results here.
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pardus stonecuban # mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is (xx)
Server version: 5.0.51-log Pardus Linux
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
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