On 13/09/11 09:58 PM, Harry Spier wrote:
Many thanks for this suggestion. I've tried both the following in the .htaccess but I now get a Error 500 internal server error IndexOptions ShowForbidden AuthType Basic AuthName "Access to /downloads" AuthUserFile /kunden/homepages/18/d249834675/htpasswd Require user Ikari and Options Indexes IndexOptions ShowForbidden AuthType Basic AuthName "Access to /downloads" AuthUserFile /kunden/homepages/18/d249834675/htpasswd Require user Ikari Thanks, Harry Spier > Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:40:42 -0400 > From: francois.gingras@xxxxxxxxx > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Letting users see directory contents of protected directory > > > > On 13/09/11 09:33 PM, Harry Spier wrote: > > Dear list members, > > > > On a shared hosting linux webserver running Apache I have a password > > protected directory. I want users who have the password for the > > directory "/downloads" to be able to list the contents of that directory > > and its subdirectories. > > > > I have an .htaccess file in the password protected directory /downloads > > with the following contents: > > Options Indexes > > AuthType Basic > > AuthName "Access to /downloads" > > AuthUserFile /kunden/homepages/18/d249834675/htpasswd > > Require user Ikari > > > > > > I thought the Options Indexes line would allow me to do that, but when I > > type in: www.xxxxxxx/downloads/ in the browser I get Error 403 "You have > > tried to access a document for which you don't have privileges. Before I > > put "Options Indexes" in the .htaccess I got an Error 404 File not found. > > > > Could someone tell me how to set it up so users who have the password to > > the directory can list, view and download the contents of the directory. > > > > Many thanks, > > Harry Spier > > Harry, > > You use IndexOptions ShowForbidden and let you user auth once they click > on the resource. > > Frank. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
What does the error log say, exactly? --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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