Re: Protecting a Directory

[Drew Tomlinson <drew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

jg6789@xxxxxxx wrote:
> according to php document root it is the path. htpasswd is not under 
> root. it is under a folder in the alias folder. the question is when 
> the htaccess AuthUserFile ooks for the htpasswd file is it looking in 
> at the "alais" or the D:/ directory?

It is looking for it here:

xampp/htdocs/xxxx/.htpasswd

Since this is a relative path, it's probably looking for this directory 
relative to ServerRoot.  To avoid conflict, I suggest specifying a 
complete path.

HTH,

Drew

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Covener" <covener@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2008 1:47 PM
> Subject: Re:  Protecting a Directory
>
>
> > > AuthUserFile xampp/htdocs/xxxx/.htpasswd
> >
> > Is that really a relative path?  Also, your passwords should not be
> > under your DocumentRoot or any Aliases.
> > --
> > Eric Covener
> > covener@xxxxxxxxx


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