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--- linux_wiki:configure_group-managed_content [2018/04/09 23:06]
billdozor [Basic Apache Directory Setup]
+++ linux_wiki:configure_group-managed_content [2019/05/25 23:50] (current)
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 <code bash>
 chown :developers /data/redsite/devel-group
-chmod 771 /data/redsite/group
+chmod 771 /data/redsite/devel-group
 </code>
@@ Line 61: / Line 61: @@
 ====== Group Protected Setup ======
-Allow htaccess override for the new group directory
+**Help**: Available if you installed 'httpd-manual'<code bash>elinks /usr/share/httpd/manual/howto/auth.html</code>
+  * Then follow the "Letting more than one person in" link
+\\
+Create the groupdb file (list group members)
+<code bash>
+vim /etc/httpd/conf/groupdb
+developers: robert steve
+</code>
+\\
+Create the user entries in the userdb password file
+<code bash>
+htpasswd /etc/httpd/conf/userdb robert
+htpasswd /etc/httpd/conf/userdb steve
+htpasswd /etc/httpd/conf/userdb monty
+</code>
+  * Prompted for password each time
+  * Give 'htpasswd' the -c argument if the userdb file does not exist to create it.
+    * No "-c" the second time because it would overwrite the file instead of add to it.
+\\
+Edit the vhosts.conf and add a directory auth section for the new devel-group directory
 <code bash>
 vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/vhosts.conf
@@ Line 70: / Line 93: @@
   #....SNIP....#
-  <Directory /var/private>
+  <Directory /data/redsite/devel-group>
     AuthType Basic
     AuthName "Group Auth - Enter Credentials"
     AuthGroupFile "/etc/httpd/conf/groupdb"
     AuthUserFile "/etc/httpd/conf/userdb"
-    Require group dbadmins
+    Require group developers
   </Directory>
 </code>
+  * Now only users in the userdb file AND in the "developers" group are allowed to view the content.
-\\
+    * robert and steve should be allowed in, monty should be denied.
-Create groupdb file
-<code bash>
-vim /etc/httpd/conf/groupdb
-dbadmins: user1 user2
-</code>
-\\
-Create group password db file
-<code bash>
-htpasswd -c /etc/httpd/conf/userdb user1
-htpasswd /etc/httpd/conf/userdb user2
-</code>
-  * Prompted for password each time
-  * -c -> Create the file
-  * No "-c" the second time because it would overwrite the file instead of add to it.
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@@ Line 106: / Line 113: @@
 View group protected directory
 <code bash>
-elink http://redsite.example.com/group
+elinks http://redsite.example.com/devel-group
 </code>
   * Prompted for username/password