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For this, we’ll throw an .htaccess file into the directory you don’t want anyone to access that’s served via apache. For this, we’ll also have to have the following set for the directory in the httpd.conf file:

Here’s what the .htaccess file should look like (with a few modifications for location and network if you need):

And then in the same directory, create the .htpasswd file by:

Then when promptd, enter the password for that username. Make sure both files are owned by apache (or www-data if your webserver runs as such). Viola! It works.

(Note: To add more users that the htpasswd file, do the same command as above, without the -c)

If you get a message similar to this:

Error: rpmdb open failed

You can fix it by running the following 3 commands:

Okay, this will be short and sweet. Here’s how you clone a VirtualBox HDD in Windows:

“C:\Program Files\Sun\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe” clonevdi “C:\Users\Andrew\.VirtualBox\HardDisks\Windows XP.vdi” “C:\Users\Andrew\.VirtualBox\HardDisks\Windows XP Clone.vdi”

and in Linux:

VBoxManage clonevdi /home/andrew/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/WindowsXP.vdi /home/andrew/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/WindowsXPClone.vdi

The basic form is “VBoxManage clonevdi sourcevdi destinationvdi”. Now you may ask, why clone a virtual machine’s hard drive? Well, if you want to back them up, this works for that. Or, if you want to duplicate that same virtual machine without having to do a second installation/activation.

Also to note, doing it this way will change the HDD’s UID, so you don’t get the error: “A hard disk with UUID {92c7da90-00f3-4bda-b338-57d24dad7f4b} or with the same properties (’/home/andrew/.VirtualBox/HardDisks/WindowsXP.vdi’) is already registered.”

Also, last thing to note… Instead of the directory “HardDrives”, yours may be “VDI”. I believe in older versions of VirtualBox it was VDI; however, these days it’s HardDrives.