As you guys who have a zenit account, your website should be:https://zenit.senecac.on.ca/~username/
But when you visit that webpage there’s a prompt pops up asking username and password and you cannot see the website without providing them.
How to make your own password without removing them?
The htpasswd can add a username for you:
htpasswd -b ~/.htpasswd username password
The command will generate a token string based on provided username and password and attach the token string to the .htpasswd file in your home directory.
NOTE: Do NOT overwrite or delete any previous things from that file or your professor cannot access your website.
FAQ for geeks:
1. I found that there are some other information in the .htpasswd file and they seem to be our professor’s username and password. Could we take advantage of that to see my classmates’ web pages?
Technically and ethically NO. Those passwords are generated by some hash arithmetic which is irreversible.
2. There are some online Apache password file generater. Should I use them?
NO. Not every site is using HTTPS protocol to protect your data during the transmission, your username and password can be sniffed by others. Even though they use the safe protocol, your username and password might be recorded by their website which creates potential threats for you.
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