apache htpasswd

John Seth johnseth at phoenixwing.com
Wed Aug 3 10:04:14 EDT 2005


Unfortunately, no.  If you set an IP restriction on a directory, it will 
apply to all users, not one.  The only way to do what you want is to 
have their login be redirected to another subdirectory which has that IP 
restriction and denies or allows them access.

   - Tony Evans



Justin Bennett wrote:
> can I do that for multiple users though, say user ken can access from 
> anywhere, user billy only from 192.168.x.x?
> 
> Justin Bennett
> Network Administrator
> Dynabrade, Inc.
> 8989 Sheridan Dr.
> Clarence, NY 14031
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/3/2005 8:56 AM, Eric Benoit wrote:
> 
>> you can also restrict access via IP in the conf files per directory
>>
>>
>> Justin Bennett wrote:
>>
>>> I have a world accessible site like an intranet site with some 
>>> company information on it. I have an htpassword scheme to control 
>>> user access. For the most part it's not a problem, however we have 
>>> certain groups within the company that use this system that have a 
>>> generic username/password. I would like to restrict these users to 
>>> only be able to access the site from inside the building.
>>>
>>> so If user = generic user and network = 192.168.x.0/255.255.255.0
>>> then let them in
>>>
>>> other users login from any address
>>>
>>> Maybe this is possible with two password files?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Justin
>>>
>>
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