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| ===== User Authentication ===== | ===== User Authentication ===== | ||
| - | **A word of caution:** The procedure below sets up basic authentication only. It is not to be considered highly secure. Basic authentication is handy to set off a particular directory and require a simple username and password, but it isn't robust enough to secure highly sensitive data. | + | **A word of caution:** The procedure below sets up basic authentication only. It is not to be considered highly secure. Basic authentication is a handy solution to require a username and password to access a particular web directory but it isn't robust enough to secure highly sensitive data! |
| **STEP 1.** Create a directory (name whatever you want) in your __home directory.__ In this example, I called it "authdir". This directory will contain the .htpasswd file, which contains the passwords you give to the 'invited'- guests'. | **STEP 1.** Create a directory (name whatever you want) in your __home directory.__ In this example, I called it "authdir". This directory will contain the .htpasswd file, which contains the passwords you give to the 'invited'- guests'. | ||