On 10/12/2007, Paul <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've successfully been using ProxyPass to serve my application. I've > excluded the 'common' directory using > > ProxyPass /common/ ! > > However, if I put an .htaccess file in that common directory, it no > longer excludes it from the proxy pass - the request is sent to my > application where it gets a 404. > > How can I exclude this directory from being proxied, and protect it with > basic authentication? You appear to have made the common mistake of assuming that htaccess files are needed for basic authentication. They're not. Just put whatever's in the htaccess file in a Directory block in your main config file. http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/08/01/apache_undead/ -- noodl --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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