RE: [cobalt-users] RE: htaccess and FrontPage

["Hans Hoefer" <hans@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
There is supposed to be a folder named _private in your FP Web. Every
file you put in this folder is protected.
I hope that helps to solve your problems.
:-) Hans

-----Original Message-----
From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brenda Fuller
Sent: Sonntag, 05. August 2001 05:09
To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cobalt-users] RE: htaccess and FrontPage


Looking for an answer to this question.  I have been searching the
archives for a couple of days and tried all suggestions to no avail.
I'm stuck and need to figure this out if anyone can help.  I am having
the same problem as this person in the archives:

<snip>
> I have a RAQ2 and want want to protect a single directory in a user 
> web. It ist a Frontpage-Web. Frontpage says that I can see the setting

> but cannot edit them. If I manually edit .htaccess and .htpasswd I 
> cannot access to the web.
<snip>

I too can set up htaccess and htpasswd and it protects the directory
fine but I can no longer publish any changes to the site. Here is one of
the recommendations:

"I set up http://www.cgi-factory.com/password/index.shtml Password
Manager in a client's FrontPage web site with no problems. In the cfg.pl
file I set the path as $passfile="/home/sites/site#/.htpasswd"; with
site# being that site's directory." <snip>

I tried this and I couldn't even access the site anymore.  It wouldn't
recognize the login and password.  I have also tried telnetting and
creating the htaccess file (another recommendation in the archive) and
even tried changing ownership to no avail.

Does anyone know of a way to protect the directory and still publish
changes to the site through FrontPage?

Thanks for your time.

Brenda Fuller
Texas Sites


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