How do you allow any n digit password in htaccess/psswrd?
 

Can you go about allowing *any* n digit password (along with a
particular username) to allow a select number of people to access
a file or folder using the simple technology of htaccess/passwd?

When you make an .htaccess you put in something like

AuthUserFile /public/something.org.au/.htpasswd
AuthType Basic
AuthName "members"
Require valid-user

and you use an encrypter to generate the password that goes into
..htpassd and it might look like this:

johnsmith:hgcrBSZ7XJ6hq

If it was just

johnsmith:

I assume it would be accessible on mere correct name entry?

Is there anything you could write if you wanted any 7 digit
number (0-9 to be used) in any order without having to supply all
permutations. Or is htaccess/htpasswd not that sophisticated?

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dorayme

Re: How do you allow any n digit password in htaccess/psswrd?
 

On 17 June, 04:24, dorayme <dora...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> Can you go about allowing *any* n digit password (along with a
> particular username) to allow a select number of people to access
> a file or folder using the simple technology of htaccess/passwd? *
>
> When you make an .htaccess you put in something like
>
> AuthUserFile /public/something.org.au/.htpasswd
> AuthType Basic
> AuthName "members"
> Require valid-user
>
> and you use an encrypter to generate the password that goes into
> .htpassd and it might look like this:
>
> johnsmith:hgcrBSZ7XJ6hq
>
> If it was just
>
> johnsmith:
>
> I assume it would be accessible on mere correct name entry?
>
> Is there anything you could write if you wanted any 7 digit
> number (0-9 to be used) in any order without having to supply all
> permutations. Or is htaccess/htpasswd not that sophisticated?
>
> --
> dorayme

I would suggest that the correct forum for this sort of question would
be:
alt.apache.configuration

Re: How do you allow any n digit password in htaccess/psswrd?
 

In article
<45996703-5d2c-4f05-8926-c6db75f15425@j4g2000yqh.googlegroups.com
>,
Captain Paralytic <paul_lautman@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On 17 June, 04:24, dorayme <dora...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > Can you go about allowing *any* n digit password (along with a
> > particular username) to allow a select number of people to access
> > a file or folder using the simple technology of htaccess/passwd? ...
>
> I would suggest that the correct forum for this sort of question would
> be:
> alt.apache.configuration

Thank you. I will go there and talk to heartless strangers... <g>

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dorayme