I've enabled Apache user directories on my Ubuntu server. User can now load their /home/username/public_html
directory from the browser by visiting http://example.com/~username
.
I'm trying to password protect these directories. I was able to get it to work fine using an .htaccess
file, but I would prefer to enabled authentication from the Directory context. This is my configuration file for the user directory module, located at /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/userdir.conf
:
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
UserDir public_html
UserDir disabled root
<Directory /home/*/public_html>
AuthType Basic
AuthName Private
Authuserfile /etc/apache2/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
<Limit GET POST OPTIONS>
Require all granted
</Limit>
<LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>
Require all denied
</LimitExcept>
</Directory>
</IfModule>
When I navigate my browser to one of the user directories, it does not even prompt me for a credentials. When I switch back to the .htaccess
method, it works correctly.
I have reloaded apache after every change I make to the user directory configuration file. Why isn't authentication working from the Directory context?