[cobalt-developers] .htaccess warning.

[Dan Siemon <dsiemon@xxxxxxx>]

Grady Milhon wrote:
> 
> Here are instructions we give to customers to create .htaccess files:
> 
> Instructions for customers to setup password protection themselves:
> 1) Goto http://www.yourdomain.com/siteadmin and create a user with the desired
> username and password. (replace yourdomain.com with your domain name)
> 2) Create a text file on your PC using notepad named htaccess.txt with the
> following content (replace Site Name with the customers site and username with
> the user you created in step 1):
> 
>      AuthUserFile /etc/passwd
>      Authname "Site Name"
>      Authtype Basic
>      <LIMIT GET POST PUT>
>      require user username
>      </LIMIT>
> 
> 3) Upload htaccess.txt to the customer's directory you want protected.
> 4) Using your ftp client, renamed htaccess.txt to .htaccess.

Everyone please read
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#passwdauth before you follow
these instructions. At least you will be aware of the risks.
	Dan

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Dan Siemon <dsiemon@xxxxxxx>
Network Administrator
Cyg.Net Internet Services and Mornington Communications
519-272-0451