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Hi,

We set up an EE template with HTTP Authentication but couldn’t get it to work.

The only thing we’ve come up with is the note on this page:
http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/cp/design/templates/template_access.html

which says:

Note: If the login fails, the user will receive a 401 Not Authorized page, and not the redirect template specified in the above drop-down menu. Additionally, this ability is typically only available when PHP is run as an Apache module.

So, we checked our hosting provider who said they do not support running PHP as an Apache module for various security reasons (they use suEXEC which means it’s run as a CGI).

If that’s the problem then is there anyway we can hack EE to allow us to solve the problem of authenticating templates on our web site?

Thanks
Kay

Kay,

What’s the your final purpose of hiding this page.
You could always wrap the content of the page in a logged in conditional?

{if group_id == '1' OR group_id ='6'}

Show Content

{/if}

or if just Superadmins need to access it

{if logged_in}
Show Content
{/if}

Would any of those or similar be an option?

It’s for content that will be accessed as a secure feed.

Do either of the above suggestions mean we could set up a login using HTTP Auth when running PHP as a CGI?

kaisersushi,

Do either of the above suggestions mean we could set up a login using HTTP Auth when running PHP as a CGI?

No they are workarounds so a user has to login to EE to view content.  HTTP Auth in your EE templates via our feature won’t work. You could try your own http authentication with PHP but can’t guarantee it will work but worth a try.