To set up doku in a personal home directory install as described. for https, add .htaccess to a directory above doku with in it: AuthUserFile /home/facultystaff/stedwar1/.htpasswd AuthGroupFile /dev/null AuthName EnterPassword AuthType Basic require user stedwar1 ## make sure nobody gets the htaccess files Order allow,deny Deny from all Satisfy All RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off RewriteRule (.*) https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} put .htpasswd in a folder above the web root. Still need to set permissions for notes!