to be sure we talking about the same thing :-) i'm talking about the file generated by /usr/bin/htpasswd i understood that you used that file for authentication whether using a .htaccess file in the directory or using directives in the conf file - which i want to do since the directory is read only, reading the docs i have to specify the loaction of the password file when running htpasswd (with -c for the first time) and i don't know where, i had thought that it should be somewhere that only apache user could read but all the apache directories i can find seems to have rwxr-x-r-x or rwxr--r-- perms, incl /etc/httpd/conf/
am i making sense? bascule On Monday 23 September 2002 11:52 pm, you wrote: > > > next:-) where should i put the htpasswd file the apache online docs > > suggest /usr/local/apache/ as a directory but that's not on my system, do > > i get to put it where i like with permmisions set to apache.apache 0700 ? > > Put it in the base of the directory you are trying to protect. What is > your document root set to? On a default install of Mandrake it will be > /var/www/html. > > -- "`Ford, you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.'" - Arthur experiences the improbability drive at work.
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