Apache

Create an .htaccess protected directory on DCS. Apache can be configured to allow or disallow users to create their own password protected directories. The settings on DCS allow you to do this. Since you cannot edit the httpd.conf file on DCS, all the information needs to go into the .htaccess file. Precise instructions on how to do this can be found on
this page (Scroll down to "2 Optional: Password protected pages") (Ignore everything else on that webpage.)

Investigate whether php is running by default and what format php scripts have to have, i.e. whether a php directory is required or whether the extension .php is required.
If php is disabled, enable it.
Install the following php script and test whether it is working.
<html>
<head>
<title>Example</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php
echo "Hi, I'm a PHP script!";
?>

</body>
</html>
If php is enabled, disable it. Use the script from the previous exercise to verify that php really is disabled.