Re: Access Control

[Jonathan Bartlett <johnnyb eskimo com>]

Isn't require supposed to be lower-case?

Also, I'd get it working on the directory to begin with, and then worry
about getting it on the individual files.

In fact, I'm going to guess that it doesn't work on a per-file basis.

Jon



On Sun, 1 Sep 2002, Chen Shi-Ping wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am running RH 7.2 (with Apache) on a LAN. I am trying to do access
> control (i.e., username/password) on individual files without success.
>
> Here is what I did:
>
> I have a file ADM001 under /home/doc/DMatrix/afsscdrl/formDB/ADM001.
> I added the following lines in httpd.conf:
>
>         <Directory /home/doc/DMatrix/afsscdrl/formDB>
>                 AllowOverride All
>                 Options All
>                 Order allow,deny
>                 Allow from all
>         </Directory>
>
> I added a new user, joe, into my password file as following:
>
>         #htpassed /var/www/cgi-bin/.htpasswd joe
>         New Password:xxxxxxxx
>
> I created a .htaccess file in /home/doc/DMatrix/afsscdrl/formDB
> with the following:
>
>         AuthType Basic
>         AuthName "Restricted Stuff"
>         AuthUserFile /var/www/cgi-bin/.htpasswd
>         <Files ADM001>
>            Require user joe
>         </Files>
>
> I restarted the Apache. The pop-up window (for asking username/passwd)
> did not show when I try to view the file ADM001.
>
> What did I do wrong? Can anybody help me?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Shi-Ping
>
>
>
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