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Re: [cobalt-developers] frontpage



That's probably because by default on the Raq's there is no .htaccess folder to begin with. Also, whenever I've tried creating a .htaccess file by any other means than telnet, the file never gets created (ie I can't ftp a .htaccess file into a directory, nor can I ftp a file over, then rename it to .htaccess). This was probably implimented for security reasons, as it is possible to disable cgiwrap from a .htaccess file.
 
There's the why...as far as the fix, you can do one of two things: telnet in and create the .htaccess file yourself, or tell your customer that they are not permitted to use .htaccess restrictions for security reasons and that they should find another way to password protect their site (namely, use a cgi script that reads from a private directory).
 
I suppose you could also give the user telnet access, but of course this is a huge security risk.
 
Kevin
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 4:12 AM
Subject: [cobalt-developers] frontpage

We have a Raq3i with Frontpage extention. When our customers use Frontpage to add password protection to their site they get the following message
 
     " server error: Cannot open" home/sites/site4/web/.htaccess": no such file or folder.
 
Does anybody else have a problem with this, and can it be fixed?
 
Kai R Schantz
Euroweb AS    
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