On 17 October 2010 17:30, Steve VanSlyck s.vanslyck@spamcop.net wrote:
OK - I'm pretty non-tech. What IS the htaccess file all about?
I meant .htpasswd:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.htpasswd
It puts a password on accessing a page (or site) at all. Then once you've put in that password, you can access the wiki or whatever.
It's annoying and confusing because it's a completely separate password, and it's set by the server admin and not user-changeable. So I wouldn't recommend it unless you really think you need that level of security (in which case you'd probably run it on SSL as well).
- d.