How to disallow access to site except me?
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ok, if i rent just hosting? – user3070 Nov 26 '10 at 11:00
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You can edit your questions if you want to add info or reword the question. – Lèse majesté Nov 26 '10 at 13:05
For the sake of variety: if you have a static IP address you could block all IP addresses except yours:
order deny, allow
deny from all
allow from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Just change xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx to be your IP address.
answered Nov 26 '10 at 15:22
(on Apache Server) Steps
- Choose the directory you wish to protect You wish to protect the whole site then chose "public_html". Also chose a directory e.g. "../password" to store the password in.
- Create a file .htaccess and .htpasswd
- Edit .htaccess with your favourite editor to contain the following:
AuthUserFile /path/to/password/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Authentication Query Name"
AuthType Basic
- place .htaccess in to be protected folder
Edit .htpasswd to contain the username and passwords. Syntax [username]:[md5-encrypted-password] Use a generator to make the encryption e.g.
foobar:Fkb3n2r1vsba
place .htpasswd in chosen directory and make sure you change the directories permission so only the server may access e.g. run chmod g+r,g+x,o-r,o-x password
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According to the Apache website "This module implements HTTP Digest Authentication. However, it has not been extensively tested and is therefore marked experimental." – John Conde♦ Nov 26 '10 at 15:18
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@John: I have a feeling that documentation hasn't been updated in a long time. Netscape 7 was released 6 years ago, and pretty much all browsers currently in use support HTTP Digest. See the 2.2 documentation: httpd.apache.org/docs/2.1/mod/mod_auth_digest.html – Lèse majesté Nov 26 '10 at 15:32
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Ahhh, the wonders of having multiple versions of your software's documentation. :/ – John Conde♦ Nov 26 '10 at 15:35
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The sad thing is, whenever you search for Apache documentation/mods/features, the 1.0 documentation is what shows up on Google. So then you have to go to the 1.0 documentation and click on the little link up top that tells you to check out the 2.2 docs. – Lèse majesté Nov 26 '10 at 16:46
If you run an Apache server just make a .htpasswd file and upload it to your main directory.
I once came up with a solution I call .htaccess maintenance mode. It uses mod_rewrite, restricts the site to your IP address, and redirects other people to another URL.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^192\.168\.1\.100
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/403\.html$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://site.com/403.html [R=307,L]
A little explanation: The first line checks the IP address. The third one redirects the user to the 403.html page. Basically it would redirect all pages to 403.html, including 403.html - the second line prevents that so users can't go into an endless redirect loop.
