Basic Authentication - Server Prompt - Http Utils

1. sudo apt install apache2-utils 
   (https://sleeplessbeastie.eu/2020/02/26/how-to-generate-password-digest-for-basic-authentication-of-http-users/)


Create .htaacess file 

2.  htpasswd -c /home/pwww/.htpasswd jerry

    {Following command will creates a new file and stores a record in it for user jerry. The user is prompted for the password. If the file exists and cannot be read, or cannot be written, it is not altered and htpasswd will display a message and return an error status.}

3. Change or update password
      htpasswd /home/pwww/.htpasswd-users tom
      {***The user is prompted for the password.**}


2. paste this code to .htaaccess
      AuthType Basic
      AuthName "restricted area"
      AuthUserFile /var/www/html/.htpasswd
      require valid-user