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Hi,

at the moment I'm using a Directory section to password protect a directory of my VirtualHost:

VirtualHost {
        Hostname = example.com
        WebsiteRoot = /srv/www/example.com
        StartFile = index.php
        UseFastCGI = PHP5   
        UseToolkit = wordpress
        LoginMessage = wp-admin
}

# DIRECTORY SETTINGS
# You can specify some settings per directory.
#
Directory {
        Path = /srv/www/example.com/wp-admin/
        PasswordFile = digest:/etc/hiawatha/htpasswd.wp-admin
}

What I don't like with this approach is that I have to specify the directory twice: the webserver root and the password protected dir. Is it possible to specify the protected directory as relative path to the web server root?

That would be a significant change in how Hiawatha works. I will think about it. If I ever accept this change, it won't be soon.

Hi Hugo,

thanks for your response. OK, so that is not possible right now. I've thought I've missed something Another approach could be a rule in the toolkit. Something like this:

UrlToolkit {
    ToolkitID = wordpress
    Match ^/wp-admin/ PasswordFile = digest:/etc/hiawatha/htpasswd.wp-admin
    RequestURI exists Return
    Match .*\?(.*) Rewrite /index.php?$1
    Match .* Rewrite /index.php
}

What do you think about it?

Using the toolkit would also make possible to protect a file rather than a directory.

I don't want to put more options in the UrlToolkit, but I'll think about the concept in a more general form.