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Re: [cobalt-developers] frontpage

Kevin,
 
When you upload the file and rename it, it is still there but you can't see it with FTP or telnet for some reason.  If you use FTP (bullet proof ftp for example) you can choose to manually download a file and if you type in .htaccess as the file name then it will find it, but it does not show in the directory listing.  This applies to most apache unix servers as well as the raq3.
 
Michael
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin D
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] frontpage

Really? That is odd. As I said, I can't even upload a file and then change its name to .htaccess. When I do, the file disappears, and I can't even find it when I telnet and issue ls -a. I assume it gets deleted. I do have a Raq3i, and I have installed several of the cobalt udpates, but I am not sure if that would make any difference.
 
The only way I can create .htaccess files is via telnet.
 
Kevin
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 12:12 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] frontpage

I have a raq3 and I am able to upload ..htaccess files to any directory using FTP without a problem..
 
Michael
 
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin D
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 11:21 AM
Subject: 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
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