Re: OT: cgi and http auth (or something)

2009-09-06 Thread Andrew Errington
Replying to my own email... It seems my hosting provider uses cPanel, which has a tool for configuring password protection on directories with .htaccess and .htpasswd I am going to try it, since the tool should do the Right Thing. However, thanks again for the offers of help, as I now understand

[Fwd: Re: [NZOSS-Openchat] Software Freedom Day]

2009-09-06 Thread Rik Tindall
Hello Glynn, kia ora NZOSS, hi CLUG, Good SFD feature on RadioNZ last Thurs 11.07am - definitely prompting! http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ntn/ntn-20090903-1107-New_Technology_with_Colin_Jackson.ogg We're slower off the mark than usual this year in Christchurch. CLUG (CC) has dropped its club mee

Re: OT: cgi and http auth (or something)

2009-09-06 Thread Andrew Errington
On Sun, September 6, 2009 17:25, Abhinav Keswani wrote: > Andrew > > > In a nutshell... Hi, Thanks for your suggestions. I will try them out and let you know if I succeed (or get stuck). Best wishes, Andrew

Re: [NZOSS-Openchat] Software Freedom Day

2009-09-06 Thread Rik Tindall
Hello Glynn, kia ora NZOSS, Good SFD feature on RadioNZ last Thurs 11.07am - definitely prompting! http://podcast.radionz.co.nz/ntn/ntn-20090903-1107-New_Technology_with_Colin_Jackson.ogg We're slower off the mark than usual this year in Christchurch. CLUG (CC) has dropped its club meetings, le

Re: OT: cgi and http auth (or something)

2009-09-06 Thread Abhinav Keswani
Andrew In a nutshell - create a directory within which you want to put protected content (scripts, static files such as images, html, whatever) - then in the above directory, create a .htaccess file and apply rules that specify who can access the content within the directory - in the .htaccess fil