EXCELLENT! I have received several excellent ideas! Thanks to all. -----Original Message----- From: Sanjay Dutt [mailto:sdutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 2:07 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [users@httpd] .htaccess Creation Under Windows At 09:31 29/11/2005, you wrote: >Is there a way to create an .htaccess file under Windows XP Pro? I would >like to locked down a directory from direct outside connection but Windows >does not like that type of filename. Would it be easier just to rename all >of the .htaccess files to something else and change the Apache conf file to >reflect the change? I prefer not to do that because of all of the >applications that come with .htaccess files. I'm liable to forget to rename >them. > >Any suggestions? > >Mike Save the file as anyfilename.txt using any text editor under XP. Open a console window in that directory and give the command 'ren anyfilename.txt .htaccess' (without the quotes, of course) and press 'Enter'. Do a dir listing to confirm that its done. Close the console window. Sanjay Dutt -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.8/184 - Release Date: 27/11/2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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