EXCELLENT! I have received several excellent ideas! Thanks to all. -----Original Message----- From: Rich Bowen [mailto:rbowen@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:50 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [users@httpd] .htaccess Creation Under Windows -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Michael Avila 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. Usually, in any application, you can "save as" and then put the name .htaccess in quotes. Alternately, if you don't want to do that, then set the AccessFileName directive to something else: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#accessfilename or http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/core.html#accessfilename for 1.3 - -- Rich Bowen rbowen@xxxxxxxxxxx -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDjEBmXP03+sx4yJMRAl8eAKCP4MNF6w8Bjod5UqSGDX8W0vdg5ACeICHq rYdo+2FimRdFELyVHsvJr+8= =zx6r -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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