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Would you like to control which HDA users can access certain <div style="border: 1px solid #A3B1BF; padding: .8em 1em; background-color: #E6F2FF; margin: 0px 1em;">'''NOTE:''' The one-click [https://www.amahi.org/apps/web applications? This can be easily done -apps Web Apps] will provide this capability in Amahi 67 or greater. </div>
To use this function, select the web apps section in the apps tab. Expand the desired app and select the '''Require login''' check box. If selected, this settings makes it such that the application will ask for a user name and a password. The perform the steps below to create the <code>htpasswd</code> file.
Would you like to control which HDA users can access certain web applications? This can be easily done in Amahi 6. To use this function, select the web apps section in the apps tab. Expand the desired app and select the '''Require login''' check box. If selected, this settings makes it such that the application will ask for a user name and a password. The perform the steps below to create the <code>htpasswd</code> file.
'''NOTE:''' This is a global setting at the moment, i.e. the users and password are all the same to all the apps that have '''Require login''' selected. This feature <u>IS NOT</u> compatible with [[Secure_App_Access|Access Web Apps over SSL]].
== How to do it ==
==== Create the htpasswd File ====
There are two options for creating the <code>htpasswd</code> file:
*Option 1: Navigate to [http://www.webmaster-toolkithtaccesstools.com/htaccesshtpasswd-generator.shtml .htaccess / htpasswd Generator].
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*Enter desired Username, Password, and Path (physical location where <code>.htpasswd</code> will be stored). For example, Username '''''amahi''''', Password '''''amahi''''', and Path '''''/var/hda/web-apps'''''.
*Select the '''Generate .htaccess''' button.
*Copy the text from ''"And this is what your .htpasswd file should look like..."'' box and paste it into the <code>.htpasswd</code> file. It should look similar to this:
{{Text|<pre>amahi:amb24e1pXrqFY}}</pre>
*Proceed to the '''Copy and Set File Permissions''' section to complete.
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*Option 2: [[Open_Terminal_as_root|Open Terminal as root user]]
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*Create the <code>htpasswd</code> file (change username and password):
*Proceed to the '''Copy and Set File Permissions''' section to complete.
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==== User Maintenance (Add/Delete) ====
*Add additional users, repeat the previous step ('''NOTE:''' the -c option is only needed the first time you create the file for that web application):
*After logging into webmin Webmin select “Others” on the left-hand side, click on “Protected Web Directories” and then select “Add protection for a new directory”.*In “Directory path” ''"Directory path"'' browse to/or enter the path to the ‘html’ <code>html</code> web directory you wish to protect, in ''“Authentication realm” '' enter something like for example ''“Authentication required” '' (this will show up on the popup login box) and then click on create.*Now you need to setup users to allow login by clicking on ''“Add a new user” '' in ''“Associated users and groups”'', when users have been created you should be good to go.
'''NOTE:''' After you have completed this process using webmin Webmin you can then select ''"un-protect selected directory" '' and use the HDA-Dashboard to enable/disable password protection.