.htaccess
.htaccess file will give users some server overrides control
Add following lines to .htaccess file:

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes
AddType application/x-httpd-cgi .cgi
AddType text/x-server-parsed-html .php .php

(listing out a directory). Default config is not to list the directory but instead it will send out and error message. For the user to override this type of behavior you will need to add a .htaccess to your web pages. The Web Server read the .htaccess file and will know that you would like to list out the directory structure.

(Other file extensions) dos/windows file extensions are limited to 3 charactors(ie .php) If you are having problems with .php files or other files include the .htaccess file to the web directory.

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(Password Protection with .htaccess file)
Add following lines to .htaccess file:

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes
AddType application/x-httpd-cgi .cgi
AddType text/x-server-parsed-html .php .php
AuthUserFile /export/home/u/username/public_html/.password
              AuthGroupFile /dev/null 
              AuthName Some_Arbu_Name
              AuthType Basic 
               
              order allow,deny 
              allow from all 
              require valid-user

you will need to create the .password file with a program named htpasswd. to execute htpassword program type
/usr/local/apache/bin/htpasswd -c passwordfile username
you will have to be logged in on the unix server to execute this program.

You now will be able to password protect your webpages!

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