Re: Protecting a Directory

[<jg6789@xxxxxxx>]

In the folder xxxx is an htaccess with the following:

AuthName "Restricted Area"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile xampp/htdocs/xxxx/.htpasswd
AuthName "My Private Area"
require valid-user

In the config is the following:

Alias /xxxx "D:/"
<Directory "D:/">
   Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI
   AllowOverride AuthConfig
   Order deny,allow
   Allow from All

</Directory>

My thinking is that the htaccess needs a different path since the directory 
is using an alias?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Justin Pasher" <justinp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 1:32 PM
Subject: Re:  Protecting a Directory


> jg6789@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > 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.
>
> The apache error log should have a little more information on why it is 
> returning (presumably) a 500 error code. Perhaps the server is not 
> configured to allow some other directives specified in the .htaccess file 
> (such as the Options directive)?
>
> --
> Justin Pasher
>
>
> > ----- 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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