Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 13:03:49 -0500 From: "Scot W. Hetzel" <hetzels@westbend.net> To: "Apu" <apu@home.spfld.com>, "seti" <seti@geotec.net> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: FrontPage Extensions Authentication Message-ID: <015501c0c9c4$44a45fd0$087885c0@GENROCO.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104201139230.32739-100000@home.spfld.com>
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From: "Apu" <apu@home.spfld.com> > On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, seti wrote: > > > which all went off without a hitch. However when using the Frontpage > > 98/2000/XP client to access the FP enabled web, it simply does not ask me > > for any username and password, but instead allows me anonymously to > > edit/publish the webpage, from various workstations. My workaround has been > > You need to AllowOverride AuthConfig so Apache can process the > authentication configuration information in the .htaccess files. (The > extensions actually ask for AllowOverride All but you can get away with > giving out less to the individual .htaccess files -- you really need more > than just AuthConfig but I don't recall exactly.) > This is the minimum settings that you need to specify in order for the FP Exts to function securely on a FP enabled website. AllowOverride AuthConfig Limit Indexes Options To increase the security of the FP enabled website, you should restrict from where a FP Author/Administrator can access the FP enabled website. These restrictions can be defined thru the FP Client. Scot To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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