using .htaccess

johnh10000 · 09-14-2009, 01:31 AM

Hi guys

A simple one I think I have two servers on my network one does most of thr graft, namely streaming, apache, rpg etc

The other does ftp, (on diff server due to sixe)

On my web site (tux2) I have link to my ftp dir on tux,
now I want to let every one look at it but I passwd protection for unsurprisingly /private dir.

where the heck do I put the .htaccess file?

chrism01 · 09-14-2009, 01:36 AM

The .htaccess file goes in the /private dir and refers to the htpasswd file stored outside the www area, typically /etc/httpd dir.

johnh10000 · 09-14-2009, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrism01

The .htaccess file goes in the /private dir and refers to the htpasswd file stored outside the www area, typically /etc/httpd dir.

thanks, it seemed from the tuorials, the .htacces goes in the / of the website, which for my purpose, didn't make any sense. I presume I can the put the permissinons back to normal, 464 I think. ftp,johnh,other

johnh10000 · 09-14-2009, 03:26 AM

As I am running two apache's one on tux, and one on tux2, tux2 does world visible stuff.

so how do I ask it allowoveride to work on another box?

<Directory /home/ftp/private>
AllowOverride Options FileInfo
</Directory>

would work, but for the ftp on tux2, I want it to work for ftp on tux

ftp://tux.isa-geek.org <-- lands at tux:/home/ftp/
ftp://tux2.isa-geek.org <- tux2...et-al

linuxraja · 09-16-2009, 09:04 PM

Isnt the .htaccess supposed to be there in each of the folders where you want to restrict file access?
Atleast - that's what I thought so far !

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johnh10000 · 09-16-2009, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxraja

Isnt the .htaccess supposed to be there in each of the folders where you want to restrict file access?
Atleast - that's what I thought so far !

that be so. I followed the desturtions, in a tutorial, it did work locally ie on that machine , but not from one 2 the other