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kmiller8

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Password protected local server

I have created a server for my local network and now i want it to prompt for a username and password when someone trys to access it.

Xyne

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Re: Password protected local server

You need to provide more info than that.

What kind of server? (http/ftp/nfs/etc)
What program are you running? (apache/vsftpd/samba/etc)

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kmiller8

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Re: Password protected local server

http server

Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8j DAV/2

running on Arch of course

I used the "Comprehensive Server Guide" on the wiki to create an Apache server

and I added PHP to the server

Last edited by kmiller8 (2009-02-11 21:16:49)

zenlord

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Re: Password protected local server

How does the user access it? Do you want tot setup a fileserver or a webserver?

In the first case, you can do it with a simple .htaccess-file (but there are many other options to authenticate through apache-plugins). Google will give you plenty info on that file and how to set it up.
In the second case, you'll have to write/use a webpage that uses the user-input to authenticate with a known source. Gives a little more polish to it all.

And by the way: you could just use both methods at the same time... Your question is very vague I guess :-)

Zl.

kmiller8

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Re: Password protected local server

right now I just want to set up a file server with limited acces to only those who have a proper username and password

and I want the users on the file server to have different usernames than the username on the computer

Xyne

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Re: Password protected local server

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/auth.html
That explains how to set up basic username/password access, which should be good enough over a LAN.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_access.html
You can couple that with mod_access to restrict access to specific IPs etc.

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kmiller8

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Re: Password protected local server

thanks, I got it working now

kmiller8

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Re: Password protected local server

now i have another question

how can i set access of folders to only one group?

zenlord

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Re: Password protected local server

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/ … ml#satisfy

See the example...

Zl.

kmiller8

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Re: Password protected local server

Where do i put the <Directory> code

zenlord

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Re: Password protected local server

Please read if a link has been provided:

"These directives may be placed in a .htaccess file in the particular directory being protected, or may go in the main server configuration file, in a <Directory>  section, or other scope container."

Zl.