WEB spaces restricted by validation . 

Protection of Web pages

It is possible to protect some or all of the pages of your WWW space if you consider that their access should not be public.

Currently, the server supports two types of page protection:

• • • WWW pages of restricted access to all (or part) of the users of the university.
    • WWW pages protected by a password.

Web pages with restricted access to certain users

This service allows you to protect a web space so that your pages are only accessible by people who have an account at the university. It is possible to specify which users among all those in the university can access. You can define several spaces, each accessible to your own set of users.

Procedures for the configuration of the service:

1. It is assumed that the user owns a WWW space on the university server and wants to leave on that server a set of pages that he wishes to protect.
2. The user creates a directory whose name starts with "private" (eg: "private", "private1", "privadomio", ...), in lowercase letters , in the FIRST LEVEL (not in a subdirectory) of its web space in the web server of the university (the server "www", this does NOT apply to the server "mural"). You can create as many directories as you deem appropriate. The URL of these directories will be of the style: http://www.uv.es/usuario/privado , http://www.uv.es/usuario/privado0 , etc ...
3. Automatically , all the pages included by the user in these directories will no longer be publicly accessible, being required to visualize them providing a valid username / password pair in the university's mail servers (post or post).
4. To further restrict access and only allow certain users (eg: upepe, juanjp, decals), the creator of the page must include within the "private ..." directory a file called ".htaccess" ( such as: lowercase name, starting with a dot and WITHOUT suffixes ) containing lines such as the following (ASCII text, user name in lowercase):

     require user upepe juanjp
         require user decal
   

if the .htaccess file exists, only the users indicated in this way will have access to the page. The .htaccess file may be different for each of the "private ..." directories that you have.

Note: In MS-Windows, the best way to create a ".htaccess" file is to use the "notepad" program, making sure you do not put the extension ".txt" when saving the file .

Pages restricted to UV staff

If the directory instead of starting with "private" starts with "privuni" ("privuni1", "privunia", ...) only access to accounts @ uv.es (UV staff) will be authorized; that is, only the UV staff can access, not the students.

Password changes

The valid password to access the protected pages is the password that the authorized user has at any time, unless it has been changed on the same day, in which case, the new password goes into effect the next day for access to protected pages , having to use the old one until then.

Web pages protected by a single password .

This service allows you to protect a web space so that your pages are only visible to people who know a certain name / password pair.

Necessary information

1. URL of the web space to be protected ( http: //www.uv.es/~ ...). Alternatively, username and subdirectory name in that user's WWW space.
2. Short description (200 characters maximum) of the space to be protected and a title (30 characters maximum) for the same.
3. "Name" suggested (lowercase letters or numbers, maximum 8 characters).

Process

• Access the CAU and fill in the corresponding request.
• The protected space will be created with the suggested name (or as similar as possible) and a password generated when creating the protection.
• The applicant will be notified via e-mail.

Password change or cancellation of protection

• Send to the CAU ( http://solicitudes.uv.es ) a request for it, specifying the URL.
• The applicant (who must be the owner or main responsible for the page on which the protected space is located) will be notified via e-mail.

In this case, follow the indicated instructions and create a ".htaccess" file, with the line:

  Options Indexes

If the file already existed (eg because you had a restriction to certain users), you can add this new line.