Re: creating a custom error while restricting access

[Tonu Mikk <tmikk@xxxxxxx>]

Joshua,  thanks for the tip!  I tried the following in my httpd.conf 
virtual host portion:

        Alias /errors C:/somefolder/errors
       <Directory C:/somefolder/errors>
       Order allow,deny
       Allow from all
       </Directory>
   ErrorDocument 403 http://domain.maindomain/errors/403.html,
But I get "The Page Isn't Redirecting Properly" error.  I also cannot go 
to the URL of http://domain.maindomain/errors/403.html file directly.  I 
wonder if this is because I am restricting the top level directory 
(C:/somefolder) to certain IP addresses and then I am trying to access 
the subfolder (C:/somefolder/errors) to all.  Can I restrict the top 
level directory, and still allow full access to a subdirectory?

Thank you,

Tonu

Joshua Slive wrote:
> On 10/30/07, Tonu Mikk <tmikk@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have set up two virtual hosts in my Apache 2.0 httpd.conf file running
> > on Windows XP.  I am restricting which IP addresses can access the pages
> > like so:
> > <Directory      C:/somefolder/*>
> >                 # Restricting by IP access
> >                 AllowOverride None
> >                 Options None
> >                 Order deny,allow
> >                 Deny from all
> >                 Allow from domain.maindomain
> >                 Allow from xxx.xxx
> >                 Allow from localhost
> >         </Directory>
> > When people are not in the allowed subnet range, they get a Forbidden
> > (Error 403) message.  I would like to modify this message.
> >
> > I read that I could accomplish this by creating a htaccess file in
> >     
>
> Forget about .htaccess. In httpd.conf, put
> Alias /errors c:/unrestricted/path/to/errors
> <Directory c:/unrestricted/path/to/errors>
> Order allow,deny
> Allow form all
> </Directory>
> ErrorDocument 403 /errors/403.html
>
> Joshua.
>
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