Some explaining for .htpasswd / apache ?

Question

hi..can you please tell what lines 2,4,5,6 mean :

1.AuthUserFile c:/wamp/www/php/.htpasswd

2.AuthGroupFile /dev/null

3.AuthName "My Private Directory"

4.AuthType Basic

5.<Limit GET POST>

6.require valid-user

</Limit>

....

and are there any other options to work with ?? thanks alot.

Answer 1

This is not something simple to answer. Please take a look at the Apache tutorial (URL in Sources below). It explains a lot and gives examples.