Enable basic password protection in user homepage

Use this if you don't have access to the apache2.conf:

$ htpasswd -c ~/htpasswd ako
$ sudo chmod 644 ~/htpasswd
$ vim ~/public_html/private/.htaccess

  AuthUserFile  /home/*/htpasswd
  AuthGroupFile /dev/null
  AuthName      "Private folder"
  AuthType      Basic
  require       valid-user

$ chmod 644 ~/public_html/private/.htaccess

Note: This assumes that /etc/apache2/apache2.conf is configured by the admin like this:

<Directory /home/*/public_html>
        AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
        Options Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
</Directory>

Reload Apache.


If you have access to the apache2.conf:

$ sudo htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/.htpasswd ako
$ sudo chmod 644 /etc/apache2/.htpasswd
$ sudo vim /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

<Directory /home/*/public_html/private>
  AuthUserFile  /etc/apache2/.htpasswd
  AuthGroupFile /dev/null
  AuthName      "Private folder"
  AuthType      Basic
  require       valid-user
</Directory>