Linux Protect /phpmyadmin ??

[Zakhran]

Hi all, I need help now with how to protect phpmyadmin, i mean, you can access my server's phpmyadmin login page by typing mywebsite.com/phpmyadmin, I know that I need to use a htaccess file or something like that but I don't know what exactly do, i'm using ubuntu.
THANKS

 

[Ninja]

You can begin with changing URL access to phpMyAdmin.

Example: mywebsite.com/test instead of mywebsite.com/phpmyadmin

apache.conf or lighttpd.conf w/e web server you are using

Alias /test /usr/share/phpmyadmin

IP restriction (.htaccess)

allow from 123.45.67.89

Look into HTTPS as well since it can leak sensitive data and passwords to an attacker

 

[Zakhran]

I didn't understand at all, I can't find any file called lighttpd.conf or apache.conf on /usr/share/phpmyadmin.
And where to create the htaccess file? Im very new on this, If you can explain a little better i would be grateful

Thanks a lot !

 

[Ninja]

Look in /etc/phpmyadmin and create the .htaccess in your phpmyadmin folder.

 

[Zakhran]

Thanks