On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 17:07, Philip Wigg <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11 March 2010 14:42, Je suis la poubelle <lapsap7@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> By going down all those conf files and reading from the web, I >> understand that I could write >> >> deny from a.b.c.d >> >> inside every <Directory ...> section I could find in order to block >> access to IP address a.b.c.d >> >> However, there are quite a lot of <Directory ...> sections in >> several conf files. Is there a way to block them all in *one single >> place/line*, ie to the whole server but not to every individual >> directory? > > Directives enclosed inside a <Directory> block apply to that directory > and subdirectories too, so you don't need to change every single > <Directory> section. See:- > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#directory That's the problem because I have virtual directories (aliases), and the "directory" it's talking about is, if I understand it correctly, directory in the disk, not directory in the URL. Am I correct? > Try it out and you have problems, clearly describe what you're trying > to do, what's not working, what your logs say and what configuration > you currently have. I have added an IP address (my home IP address and I'm testing at work) but it's not blocked. I've rebooted the whole computer but still not blocked. Really strange. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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