WebPASS

WebPASS in an online and web based utility that allows to password protect your web pages easily. It also includes a web-based CGI script that allows system administrators to add, delete, lists users and change user passwords!

WebPass is suitable for small lists of users, for maintainance of larger lists, please check our htProtect tool: htprotect.

Running Webpass

To run WebPASS, telnet into your Webvisions Virtual Server and type "webpass" as follows:

pluto: {1} :  webpass

	Welcome to WebPASS v1.0

WebPass automatically installs "password protection" on a sub-directory
of your server so that anyone access that page/directory would need a
userid/password pair.
 
For example, selecting the directory [/www/client/] would ensure that
anyone accessing http://www.yourdomain.com/client would require 
an userid/password to access that directory and whatever beyond it.
 
Enter directory to password protect: /www/roger

 	The directory [/usr/home/webvis/www/roger] does not exist.
Do you wish to create it ? [Y/N]: y

Password protecting directory...
Done...!

The directory [www/roger] is now password-protected.
To manage this password file, just point your browser to this address:
http://www.webvisions.com/roger/cgi-bin/webpass.cgi
and logon with the following master user id/password pair:
 
Login: root
Password: temp

Using WebPass

The above example password protects the directory www.webvisions.com/roger and beyond. To create a separate set of passwords for a sub-directory under www.webvisions.com/roger, simple run WebPASS again.

WebPASS will also create a "cgi-bin" in each directory and place a copy of "webpass.cgi" in this directory. WebPASS will also create an userid/password pair above that allows system managers to access "webpass.cgi" to add, delete, list users as well as change user passwords. Note that this login "root" is special and cannot be deleted. It is also the only login that can access "webpass.cgi".

There is no limit to the number of password protected directories you can have apart from your disk quota. Each directory can have its own "root" administrator and users.

If you have any problems, please don't hesitate to email support@webvisions.com


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