... About Trac . ... Tracd = €а . ... This is true for the path to the .htpasswd file, as well, despite the documentation calling out the /full/path/to/htpasswd; however, you may not wish to store that file under the Python directory.) €а . ... tracd -p port --auth="base_project_dir,password_file_path,realm" project_path €а . ... Note: If you use the above script you must use the --auth option to tracd, not --basic-auth, and you must set the realm in the --auth value to 'trac' (without the quotes) . ...