Re: How safe is a .htaccess file?

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On 17 August 2010 22:35, Robert Cummings <robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On 10-08-17 04:23 PM, Peter Lind wrote:
>>
>> On 17 August 2010 22:17, tedd<tedd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi gang:
>>>
>>> The subject line says it all.
>>>
>>> How secure is a .htaccess file to store passwords and other sensitive
>>> stuff?
>>>
>>> Can a .htaccess file be viewed remotely?
>>
>> No, Apache won't serve it.
>
> It's a configuration setting though, and not a hard-coded feature.

Set by default in your apache2.conf file which you're rather unlikely
to mess with as that is not how you're setting up sites.

Regards
Peter

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