htpasswd reference

htpasswd_reference

# This is a command line too for apache's basic authentication management.

# CAUTION: make sure /some/path/to/a/file/named/htpasswd is outside of any directory inside the web root.

# To initially create the password
htpasswd -c /some/path/to/a/file/named/htpasswd initialUsername

# To add another user to the same file
htpasswd /some/path/to/a/file/named/htpasswd newUsername

# To change an existing user's password
htpasswd /some/path/to/a/file/named/htpasswd existingUsername

# Add the following to an .htaccess file to protect that directory
AuthName "Private zone"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /some/path/to/a/file/named/htpasswd
require valid-user