Procedure:

Create .htaccess file

• Login as root

• Go to directory:
  /opt/dialogic/common/mrtg_logs

• Create a file called “.htaccess”

• Add the following lines to the file:

  AuthName "Please enter your UserName and Password." AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /opt/dialogic/common/mrtg_logs/.htpasswd AuthGroupFile /dev/null Require user excelsw (Where excelsw is the username)

• Save the file

• Change the privileges on .htaccess

  chmod 777 .htaccess

Create a password for the UserName

• Login as root

• Go to directory /opt/dialogic/common/mrtg_logs

• Type the following where excelsw is the username from procedure 1

  htpasswd –c /opt/dialogic/common/mrtg_logs/.htpasswd excelsw

Edit the httpd.conf file

• Login as root

• Go to directory /etc/httpd/conf

• Change the DocumentRoot as shownbelow:

• Setup for password protection:

  • Find the section that begins with the line “This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.”

  • Change the areas shown below (notice the comment (#) added to the last two lines):

• Change the DirectoryIndex as follows:

• Save the httpd.conf file
   

Restart the Apache Web Server

• Restart the Apache Server by typing the following: