Additional Protection With htaccess/htpasswd
This osCommerce Online Merchant Administration Tool installation is not additionally secured through htaccess/htpasswd means.
Enabling the htaccess/htpasswd security layer will automatically store administrator username and passwords in a htpasswd file when updating administrator password records.
Please note, if this additional security layer is enabled and you can no longer access the Administration Tool, please make the following changes and consult your hosting provider to enable htaccess/htpasswd protection:
1. Edit this file:
C:/AppServ/www/osc/admin/.htaccess
Remove the following lines if they exist:
##### OSCOMMERCE ADMIN PROTECTION - BEGIN #####
AuthType Basic
AuthName "osCommerce Online Merchant Administration Tool"
AuthUserFile C:/AppServ/www/osc/admin/.htpasswd_oscommerce
Require valid-user
##### OSCOMMERCE ADMIN PROTECTION - END #####
2. Delete this file:
C:/AppServ/www/osc/admin/.htpasswd_oscommerce