[clug] Apache 2 htpasswd port 8000

[Paul Wayper]

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Mike J wrote:
> But i have installed another application that runs from port 8000, there
> is no restriction on this and the apache config wasn't modified for this
> to work.
> So I was wandering if i can set some sort of password when a user tries
> to go to http://localhost:8000/

If you've got another application running on 8000, then first see if it offers
authentication.  If it doesn't, then put it on another port and use iptables
to limit access to that port to localhost only.  Then use Apache's proxying
capabilities to run a proxy on port 8000 to this new port, and then set up
authentication on this proxy port in Apache.

HTH,

Paul
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