I usually name all of my php includes as *.inc and add <Files ~ "\.inc$"> Order allow,deny Deny from all Satisfy All </Files> to httpd.conf. This keeps them from being served and works extremely well. On 5/3/05, dan <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Efren Bravo wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would want to know how you secure the sensitive data into www > > directory, for example the username and password of a database > > connection. You use .htaccess or put the data outside of the www > > directory or if exists another tenchniques? > > > > Thanks > > THis entirely depends on the functino which connects to a database. In > PHP, I have some .inc files that I keep outside of the www root that > contain my database information and such, so that only the file being > run can access this include file. > > Is this what you're looking for? > > Thanks > -dant > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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