Re: [cobalt-users] Password protection problems

["Fathi Said" <fathi@xxxxxx>]

> If I change:
> require valid-user
> to:
> require user "myusername"
> will that stop other people getting into the directory?

I don't know. Just try it and you will see.....

But may I ask, if you specify an allowed username in the .htaccess, why not
just use a htpasswd file?

Fathi

> ----- 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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