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Basic Authentication protected files (htpasswd)

## Here's a snippet for password protecting a directory served by ApacheTo set this up, just add `.htaccess` and `.htpasswd` to the desired directory being served by Apache .

Make sure to [generate your own .htpasswd file](http://www.htaccesstools.com/htpasswd\-generator/).

http://gist.github.com/347430\.js

For more `htaccess` snippets, checkout PerishablePress' Stupid .htaccess Tricks.