Re: [cobalt-users] Password protection problems

["Ethos Online" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If I change:

require valid-user

to:

require user "myusername"

will that stop other people getting into the directory?


Simon,
Ethos Online.
mailto:simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

----- Original Message -----
From: Fathi Said <fathi@xxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2000 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Password protection problems


> > ...seems to work! You are a GENIUS! Thank you so much!!!!!
> No problem. But actually, I'm still quite a newbie and don't know much
about
> Linux and stuff.....
>
> > One question
> > though - if my ISP has other sites on the server (which they do) will
> these
> > sites be able to access the directory with THEIR admin passwords??
> Yes, without a seperate htpasswd file and with using the AuthPAM and
> <require valid-user> directive, all registered users for the machine would
> be able to access the protected directory (or file).
>
> Fathi
>
>
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