password protect directory in ubuntu plesk .htaccess .htpasswd

  so you want to password protect your apache directory so people can't sneak a peek. you'll need two files in your directory: .htaccess and .htpasswd .htaccess source

AuthType Basic AuthName "restricted area" AuthUserFile /var/www/vhosts/YourDomain.com/httpdocs/.htpasswd require valid-user

  AuthUserFile is the file path on your server to the .htpasswd file. on ubuntu + plesk 9 the path is: /var/www/vhosts/YourDomain.com/httpdocs/.htpasswd .htpasswd source

user-name:csmBH39TKAkle

  the user name is first separated by a colon and then a MD5 coded text is needed for the password... use this fancy tool to make key value pairs with MD5 password     make sure you edit your site config file /etc/apache2/sites-available

nano "yoursitename"

change the AllowOverride none to AllowOverride all

<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride all
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>