Difference between revisions of "Require Login"
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| − | + | 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. | |
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*This requires creation of the <code>htpasswd</code>) be placed in the /var/hda/web-apps directory. | *This requires creation of the <code>htpasswd</code>) be placed in the /var/hda/web-apps directory. | ||
*The <code>.htpasswd</code> file will identify user names/passwords (encrypted). | *The <code>.htpasswd</code> file will identify user names/passwords (encrypted). | ||
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| − | 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. | + | *After logging into 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” browse to/or enter the path to the ‘html’ 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 you can then select "un-protect selected directory" and use the HDA-Dashboard to enable/disable password protection. | |
Revision as of 03:20, 13 August 2011
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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 htpasswd 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.
Contents
How to do it
- This requires creation of the
htpasswd) be placed in the /var/hda/web-apps directory. - The
.htpasswdfile will identify user names/passwords (encrypted).
- Decide on the user names/passwords who will have access. This has to be the HDA users credentials that are used to log into the HDA Dashboard.
Create the htpasswd File
There are two options for creating the htpasswd file:
- Option 1: Navigate to .htaccess Generator.
- Enter desired Username, Password, and Path (physical location where
.htpasswdwill be stored). For example, Username amahi, Password amahi, and Path /var/hda/web-apps/linfo.- 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
.htpasswdfile in then web application directory (i.e. /var/hda/web-apps). It should look similar to this:
Text amahi:amb24e1pXrqFY
- Proceed to the Set the Permissions section to complete.
- Option 2:
- Perform the following steps as root user (change username and password):
bash code htpasswd -c -b .htpasswd username password
- 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):
bash code htpasswd -b .htpasswd username password
- Delete a user, do the following:
bash code htpasswd -D .htpasswd username
- Copy the
.htpasswdfile to the web application directory:
bash code cp .htpasswd /var/hda/web-apps/htpasswd
- Next, set the permissions.
Set File permissions:
- Ensure the permissions are correctly set on the two files as follows:
bash code chmod 600 /var/hda/web-apps/htpasswd chown apache:apache /var/hda/web-apps/htpasswd
If you have Webmin installed
- After logging into 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” browse to/or enter the path to the ‘html’ 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 you can then select "un-protect selected directory" and use the HDA-Dashboard to enable/disable password protection.
