Name
AuthUserFile
Synopsis
AuthUserFile
filename
[Within <Directory>
, or
.htaccess]
Specifies a file that contains a list
of users and passwords for user authentication, either as a fully
qualified filename or relative to the ServerRoot
.
The password file is typically created with the
htpasswd support program, which comes with the
Apache distribution. It is best to place the password file outside
the DocumentRoot
for security purposes. For
example:
AuthUserFile /etc/admin/.htpasswd
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