Apache http basic authentication

to protect www.site.come/acquisitions/viewLead/viewLead/ put the following in the virtual host portion of the config of the site

<Location /acquisitions/viewLead/viewLead/>
               Deny from all
               AuthType Basic
               AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/viewLead.passwd
               AuthName Survey
               require valid-user
               satisfy any
</Location>

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htaccess file:

Content of .htaccess file

AuthUserFile /path/to/.htpasswd
AuthName "Secure Section" 
AuthType Basic
require valid-user 

to create a new password file

htpasswd -c .htpasswd user

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htaccess with digest (encryption)


to create a new password file:

htdigest -c /etc/apache2/htpasswd/secure user