On Tue, Oct 28, 2003 at 09:21:30PM -0600, David Phillips (david at acz.org) wrote: > Raymond Norton writes: > > Just a quick question. I am trying to secure a directory in my > > cgi-bin , but I do not get a password prompt. If I move the directory > > outside of the cgi-bin it works. What is the safest way to get this > > to work without moving the "wol" directory outside of cgi-bin > > I recommend using .htaccess whenever possible instead of putting directory > specific config info into httpd.conf. You will need to enable AuthConfig in > the AllowOverride directive for that path. The Apache group thinks differently. I guess its a matter of how busy your server is, since if you set up apache to use .htaccess files it must check in every directory for it. http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/htaccess.html This gives a good tutorial on how to use htaccess files (and when not to use them) Jay _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list