Re: Protecting a Directory

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I have a .htaccess and .htpasswd in a direcotry folder and i keep getting this message no matter how i configure the htaccess file and htpasswd files.

Server Error!
The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there was an error in a CGI script.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Pasher" <justinp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 12:08 PM
Subject: Re:  Protecting a Directory


jg6789@xxxxxxx wrote:
There still seems to be alot of discrepancy on this issue. Whether or not to use a .htaccess or directive command to protect a directory so I'm looking for some answers on what works the best usually.
 Protecting a folder called xxxx
 Alias /xxx "D:/"
<Directory "D:/">
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
</Directory>
use .htaccess or how can I use the above directive to only allow a specific user in?

The directives can be put in either place (apache config or .htaccess file). However, <Directory> cannot be used inside an .htaccess file, so you'll have to put the .htaccess file in the directory you wish to protect.

I assume you want the user to be prompted for a username/password when they visit the directory? Basic HTTP authentication will accomplish that for you.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/auth.html

--
Justin Pasher

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