Intro to Apache : Slide #117 - Basic Auth

Intro to Apache - ApacheCon

Basic Auth - sample config


    <Directory /usr/local/apache/htdocs/private>
        AuthType Basic
        AuthName "Password required"
        AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/passwords/pass
        AuthGroupFile /usr/local/apache/passwords/group
        Require user tom bob harry
    </Directory>

Yes, you can put this in a .htaccess file, but you don't have to

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