Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 08:38:05 -0500 From: stan <stanb@panix.com> To: Jerry <gesbbb@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: An Apache2 configuration question Message-ID: <20090102133805.GA12504@teddy.fas.com> In-Reply-To: <20090102071440.4b063e5a@scorpio> References: <20090102073354.GA4245@teddy.fas.com> <20090102071440.4b063e5a@scorpio>
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On Fri, Jan 02, 2009 at 07:14:40AM -0500, Jerry wrote: > On Fri, 2 Jan 2009 02:33:54 -0500 > stan <stanb@panix.com> wrote: > > >I'm setting up a 7.1 machine thta will server as, among other things, > >a web serrver. I've installed Apache2. I have some directores in the > >Apache documnet directory that I wish to pasword protect. I have added > >the following clause to /usr/local/etc/apache22/httpd.conf. I have > >created a > > > ><Directory "/usr/local/www/data" > > Options Indexes FollowSymLinks > > AllowOverride AuthConfig > ></Directory> > > > >In the directories that I want protected, I have created .htaccess > >files that look like this: > > > >AuthName "Pictures" > >AuthType "Basic" > >AuthUserFile /usr/local/etc/apache22/users2 > >require valid-user > > > >I have used htpasswd to create the users2 file. > > > >Ecerything works the way that I want _execpt_ the top level web page > >directory index, does not display the directories that have .htaccess > >files in them. > > > >What do I need to do to fix this? > > Have you checked out this URL: > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/auth.html > Thanks for the pointer. I read through it, and it does not discuss the visibility of directoiresm unfortunately. -- One of the main causes of the fall of the roman empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.
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