Setup Apache Password Protection

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Published on 2011-02-21T09:51:05Z Indexed on 2011/02/21 15:26 UTC
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I have some difficulties setting up password protection in Apache

In .htaccess, I have

AuthUserFile /var/www/vhosts/domain.net/httpdocs/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Test Server"
AuthType Basic

require user testuser

Then in .htpasswd, I have something like

testuser:encrypted password

The problem now is I forgot what .htpasswd generator I used. When I try to add a new user and password, it doesn't work. eg. when I put require user newuser it fails always (prompt keeps reappearing). Then when I revert to testuser it works

How can I setup such that I have 1 or some "admins" that can access everything and viewers that can view only specific folders ... eg

/               - only admins
    /folder1    - only admins or folder1's users
    /folder2    - only admins or folder2's users

Also what do I do to not allow showing of directory listing

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