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Q. How do I install PHP, Apache and MySQL server in Ubuntu. A. Run the following command in terminal sudo aptitude install php5 apache2 mysql-server php5-mysql You may upon your preference install php5, apache2 and mysql-server from Ubuntu Software Center, Synaptic package manager or apt:// shortcut.

Password protect your web pages in apache server in a very simple way. This is however not that secure and is not recommended. Just use this for simple thing and when other authentication cant be used. First create a file which holds username and password. For this you can use htpasswd program. /usr/local/httpd/bin/htpasswd -c /usr/local/httpd/passwordfile username The -c option here creates new file. So if the file already exists or you are just modifying or adding a new user omit -c option. Not doing that will make a new file resulting in loss of old username and password. The file must be somewhere your webserver can find but not other place. Though the password is encrypted its better to keep it off from human eye. Now edit you httpd.conf file to include the follwoing line in whichever websites that you require authentication AuthType Basic AuthName "By Invitation Only" AuthUserFile /usr/local/apache/passwd/passwords Require user rbowen sungo Restart apache and you're...