Hi Reuben I will have another go without changing the http.conf file but it did work that way. Thanks very much for your input. Regards Chris > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Reuben > D. Budiardja > Sent: 26 July 2004 14:43 > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: htaccess woes > > On Monday 26 July 2004 08:57, MKlinke wrote: > > On Monday 26 July 2004 05:13, kenwardc wrote: > > > Hi All > > > > > > It sounds like you're putting the wrong file in the web site folder. > > Your setup should look something like below: > > > > Regards, Mike Klinke > > > > --------------------------- > > > > > > ---- /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf ----- > > > > <Directory "/var/www/html/protected_directory"> > > AllowOverride AuthConfig > > Order deny,allow > > Allow from all > > </Directory> > > I'm not sure if the above in httpd.conf is necessary. I think > by default the httpd.conf in RHEL (w/ apache2) allows you to > put .htaccess file anywhere. > > I'd try the suggestion below first, wihout changing the > httpd.conf and see if it works (except if you've changed the > default so that you need to explicitly enable AuthConfig > option for the protected_directory). > > > RDB > -- > 09:40:21 up 12 days, 9:36, 32 users, load average: 0.04, > 0.14, 0.07 > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > --- All messages scanned by AVG 7.0 Anti-Virus scanner and TGIS Anti-Spam Firewall. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
