EECS Technical Database - web:webprotect https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/ 2026-05-14T22:35:46+00:00 EECS Technical Database https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/ https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/_media/wiki:dokuwiki-128.png text/html 2021-04-01T12:55:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) Authentication By EECS, and User-Defined Usernames and Passwords or Groups https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/web:webprotect:authbyeecs_userdef?rev=1617281753&do=diff Authentication By EECS, and User-Defined Usernames and Passwords or Groups Sometimes, it is necessary to authenticate by system usernames and passwords or groups along with a few additional user-defined usernames and passwords or groups. This can be easily setup. text/html 2021-04-01T12:55:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) Authentication By EECS Usernames and Passwords or Groups https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/web:webprotect:authbyeecs?rev=1617281750&do=diff Authentication By EECS Usernames and Passwords or Groups If you wish to authenticate users by EECS usernames and passwords or groups then you must follow these steps: In the web directory that you wish to protect, create a .htaccess file with the following contents: text/html 2017-12-22T13:25:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) Authentication By Passport York Usernames and Passwords https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/web:webprotect:authbyppy?rev=1513949147&do=diff Authentication By Passport York Usernames and Passwords If you wish to authenticate users by Passport York usernames and passwords, then you must follow these steps: In the directory you wish to protect, create an .htaccess file with the following contents: text/html 2017-12-22T00:36:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) Authentication By User-Defined Usernames and Passwords or Groups https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/web:webprotect:authbyuserdef?rev=1513903009&do=diff Authentication By User-Defined Usernames and Passwords or Groups If you wish to authenticate users by user-defined usernames and passwords or groups, then you must follow these steps: Create a password file that will contain the usernames and passwords for the protected area using the htpasswd(1) command. If the file does not exist, you can use the text/html 2021-04-15T17:57:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) Simplifying Authentication with mkhtaccess https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/web:webprotect:mkhtaccess?rev=1618509439&do=diff Simplifying Authentication with mkhtaccess As you have seen in the other documents in this section, in order to protect your web site using password authentication, you will inevitably need to create an .htaccess file. The mkhtaccess command was created in order to assist you in building your .htaccess files error free. text/html 2017-12-22T19:11:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) Protecting Web Areas https://wiki.eecs.yorku.ca/dept/tdb/web:webprotect:start?rev=1513969861&do=diff Protecting Web Areas You can create a password-protected area in any directory that is served by our web server. You can have your site authenticate by EECS usernames and passwords or groups, user-defined usernames and passwords or groups, or even a combination of the two. You can also authenticate your site using Passport York username and password. These documents will explain how to set this up.