hi all,

i have installed httpd rpm and i need to configure it. I need to restrict a certain page where client needs to type in username and password to access tat certain page. for that i think i need to configure htaccess?

if i need a page confidential.html as restricted page.where do i put my confidential.html ? issit /var/www/html ?

i need to add a user to access this page...
i need to go /etc/httpd and type htpasswd -c htpasswd username?
is this the correct procedure?

oh ya, how do i upload the file confidential.html into the folder?

hope to hear from you soon. thanks

Try this page: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/htaccess.html

Hi thanks. I have get it up and running.
I have another query. for example my site is www.test.com. when client go to this site, it will display apache test website.
how do i remove it and put into my own html file; so that when client type www.test.com, it will show my webpage?

You should add your distro name & version to your profile, so we cna help you better.

That said, the DocumentRoot directive in httpd.conf tells you where root dir of the dirs that the html files should be stored in.
Each vhost will have a separate area.
Just put the files there.
You'll need to be root or whatever the apache is running as to do that.
Make sure you not the ownerships and permissions of the default index.html file is currently, and use the same for your files.
Often the DocumentRoot is /var/www/ ... but check the httpd.conf.
Here's the guide for RHEL5, same principles apply to other distros, but details may vary.
http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_boo..._ch-httpd.html