Re: [gentoo-user] Restrict certain web users by IP

[Joseph]

On 11/28/12 20:10, Grant wrote:
>   >>   I use apache2 authentication for web users and I would like to
>   require
>   >>   logins from certain users to be from a certain IP address.  I
>   >>   experimented with Allow and Require but couldn't find a way to
>   restrict
>   >>   only certain users.  Can this be done via apache2 authentication
>   or
>   >>   should I use another method?
>   >>
>   >>   - Grant
>   >
>   >
>   > very simple via .htaccess
>   >
>   > <Limit GET POST>
>   > order deny,allow
>   > deny from all
>   > allow from IP_address
>   > </Limit>
>   >
>   > AuthName "restricted stuff"
>   > AuthType Basic
>   > AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/users
>   > require user webmaster
>
>   I think that will require any usernames specified to come from
>   IP_address.  I'm trying to allow certain usernames to come from any IP,
>   and restrict other usernames to a certain IP.  Can that be done via
>   .htaccess?
>
>   - Grant

You originally wanted "...logins from certain users to be from a certain IP address"
Now, you want from "any IP" 
In this case just restrict users with:

  AuthName "restricted stuff"
  AuthType Basic
  AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/users
  require user webmaster

Just assign "password and user" from root:
# htpasswd2 -c /etc/apache2/users your-user-name

-- 
Joseph