# lws minimal http server basic auth This demonstrates how to protect a mount using a password file outside of the mount itself. The demo has two mounts, a normal one at / and one protected by basic auth at /secret. The file at ./ba-passwords contains valid user:password combinations. ## Discovering the authenticated user After a successful authentication, the `WSI_TOKEN_HTTP_AUTHORIZATION` token contains the authenticated username. ## build ``` $ cmake . && make ``` ## usage ``` $ ./lws-minimal-http-server-basic-auth [2018/04/19 08:40:05:1333] USER: LWS minimal http server basic auth | visit http://localhost:7681 [2018/04/19 08:40:05:1333] NOTICE: Creating Vhost 'default' port 7681, 1 protocols, IPv6 off ``` Visit http://localhost:7681, and follow the link there to the secret area. Give your browser "user" and "password" as the credentials.