> Hi all,
>
> Just setting up Apache conf file and I have the following:
>
> <DirectoryMatch ^/home/.*/public_html>
> Options Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
> AllowOverride None
> # MRL added next 3 lines
> order deny,allow
> deny from all
> allow from 130.10.11.12 # allow from my own IP addr
> # allow from localhost # why does this not work?
> </DirectoryMatch>
>
> I seem to have to put my static IP addr in there for it to work.
> Putting localhost does not work in any of the directives.
> It would be preferable in case my IP addr changes sometime.
> Why? What am I doing wrong.
Does it do DNS lookups? Perhaps 127.0.0.1 would be better than localhost.
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