[CentOS] Where to put .htpasswd

Thu May 28 02:30:38 UTC 2009
Jason Todd Slack-Moehrle <mailinglists at MailNewsRSS.com>

Hi John,

>> Where is the proper place to put .htpasswd so I can password protect
>> directories in /var/www/html?
>>
>> /etc/httpd/run?
>>
> probably not, as thats a world readable directory (its a symlink to
> /var/run )

What does world readable mean scope wise?

Like world readable from a web-server? Or did you mean for users that  
have accounts on the system?

-Jason