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Date:      Thu, 21 Feb 2002 00:41:15 -0500
From:      "Marius Kirschner" <marius@agoron.com>
To:        "'Lord Raiden'" <raiden23@netzero.net>, "'FreeBSD Questions'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: .htaccess
Message-ID:  <01ee01c1ba9a$61032310$5ae9b5ce@quasi1>
In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.58.20020220204534.009cf580@pop.netzero.net>

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It's on the same server alright, and I've tried some of your suggestions
but it doesn't make a difference.  I think the problem is in the
httpd.conf and I must have gone over it 20-30 times without finding
anything obvious wrong.

---Marius

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lord Raiden [mailto:raiden23@netzero.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 9:07 PM
> To: Marius Kirschner; FreeBSD Questions
> Subject: Re: .htaccess
> 
>          Ok, my turn to put in my 2cents and help out here.  :)
> 
>          I'm no apache guru on this, but I've done my time around the
> block.  If I'm wrong, someone back me up on this.  :)  Ok, is the
website
> www.virtualweb.com exist on another server and points to the
> www.web.com/~joedoe/secure, or is it hosted on the same machine?  IF
it's
> on the same machine, you've got something setup in apache wrong that
it's
> trying to see a different .htaccess file.  If it's on a different
machine,
> it won't see the .htaccess file at all, so your efforts are pointless.
:)
> 
>          Now, on to the second thing.  You need the reference you have
in
> the .htaccess file in the secure directory in your .htaccess file in
the
> root directory.  You still need your other copy in the secure
> directory.  I've had some situations where this was the only way it
> worked,
> other times it worked like it should where the server looks at the
> .htaccess file in the given directory access, but personally I've only
> gotten the virtual web references to work if both the root web, in
this
> case www.web.com/joeuser/ and the /secure/ directories have the same
info
> in the .htaccess files.
> 
>          Another thing.  Sometimes apache doesn't like direct
pathnames,
> but instead will only work with references like "AuthUserFile
> www.virtualweb.com/secure/.htpasswd"  Had to do that with one of my
error
> documents onetime.  Try these ideas.  And when you go hacking your
> .htaccess, remember to make a backup so if you toast something, you
got an
> original to backup on.  Learned that one the hard way too.  :)  Always
> backup any file you plan to edit, no matter how insignificant.  hehe.
> 
> At 05:29 PM 2/20/02 -0500, Marius Kirschner wrote:
> >I'm pulling my hair here....can't get .htaccess to work properly.
> >
> >If I do http://www.web.com/~joedoe/secure  it WORKS
> >
> >But if I have a virtual web site's document root point to
> >/usr/home/joedoe/html and do a
> >
> >http://www.virtualweb.com/secure it DOESN'T work!
> >
> >The .htaccess and .htpasswd files are in the /usr/home/joedoe/secure
> >directory, but if I go there using the virtual domain name it
by-passes
> >the .htaccess file.
> >
> >The .htaccess looks like that:
> >
> >AuthUserFile /usr/home/joedoe/html/secure/.htpasswd
> >AuthName "Private"
> >AuthType Basic
> >require user vippy
> >Satisfy any
> >
> >Any clues?  Thanks,
> >
> >              ---Marius
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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