I have succesfully installed MRTG from the instructions at: http://www.hostinglife.com/cpinfo/mrtg.php but how do you password protect the mrtg directory?

I've never used a MRTG, but I'm sure you can protect it with .htaccess
http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/htaccess/3

The MRTG is located at /usr/local/apache/htdocs/mrtg but adding .htaccess/.htpasswd to this directory via ssh does not work.

How doesn't it work?

There is no prompt for a password when entering the mrtg directory

I have put .htaccess in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/mrtg with the following content:

AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/htdocs/mrtg/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Password Protected Area"
AuthType Basic

<limit GET POST>
require valid-user
</limit>

I have also put the .htpasswd in the same directory

I've just posted the very same question on another forum.

I've tried password protecting it, denying access from all etc, but none of it works.

Did you find out how to do it?

I've never really liked using .htaccess files, why put the access control file in a web accessable directory? I always just put something like this in my httpd.conf:

To create the password file you run htdigest located in apaches bin dir:


Use -o if this is a new file. Notice that this is auth_digest, not auth_basic, you might have to recompile apache with --with-auth-digest for this to work.