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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.


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