Vincent Bray wrote:
Thanks, I have tried using <Directory> but I haven't got it to prompt for a username and password yet. I just copied the contents of .htaccess: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/
<Directory /var/www/mysite/stats> AuthType Basic AuthName 'Members Only' AuthUserFile /var/www/mysite/.htpasswd <limit GET PUT POST> require valid-user </limit> </Directory> Thanks for the suggestion! I'll keep trying... --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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