Yes you can. You can create usernames and passwords for
directories using the 'htpasswd' command.
Follow these steps first!
1. Create a file called '.htaccess' in the directory you
want to protect (NOTE, its not a directory in your
HOME directory, but on the /www file system)
AuthUserFILE /www/path/to/directory/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFILE /dev/null
AuthNAME "my protected files"
AuthTYPE Basic
require valid-user
<limit GET POST PUT>
order allow,deny
allow from all
</limit>
2. run the 'htpasswd' command, for the first time:
htpasswd -c .htpasswd myuser1
You will be prompted to enter a password for the
new user. After this first user is created, you
can then add additional users with:
htpasswd .htpasswd myuser2
When you run 'mkhomepg -p', file permissions will be set so that
only yourself and the webserver can read, execute and possibly
write. This helps if you have a cgi that requires your mysql
password to be stored in it.
If you wish to password protect a directory on the metaarray,
you will need to enter the path
AuthUserFile /meta/www/a-z/username/private/.htpasswd
where a-z is the beginning letter of your username and then
replace username for your username.
