More usernames/passwords

1. First individual

Follow the instructions for a single user only.

2. The others

Add other "require user" lines to the .htaccess file: e.g.,

<Limit GET>
require user penny
require user diane
require user helen
require user appm4350
</Limit>

3. Passwords

Run htpasswd for each new userID name, *without* the -c option. (Use the -b option if you want to specify the password on the command line rather than being prompted.)

  htpasswd  /www/courses/4350/2005fall/.htpasswd  diane
  htpasswd  /www/courses/4350/2005fall/.htpasswd  helen
  htpasswd -b  /www/courses/4350/2006Spr/.htaccess appm4350 xxxpassword

Reminder: the UserID names and the passwords have nothing to do with login names and passwords on the server computer. You yourself specify both the names and the passwords, in the files above, and you yourself tell each appropriate person their UserID and password.

If you want to restrict access to a single group, and password security is not a concern, then just make up an entirely new username (like ``appm4350'') and a password of the appropriate level difficulty for your purposes.

On this academic web server, it rarely makes sense to make multiple usernames/passwords unless you are dealing with multiple individuals/groups with mixed access to multiple directories. In that case you might be interested in reading about password services to a group of users.