[cobalt-users] RE: htaccess and FrontPage

[Hostmaster of the day <hostmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brenda,

a single directory protection through Frontpage
is a very simple and easy way. Please use your 
FrontPage-Explorer and turn the requested directory 
into a child web.

Then connect to the child web using your FP-Explorer
and change the user permissions.

The directory (child web) is now user/password protected
and only accessible if the visitor knows the username
and password.

If you'd like to publish new content to that directory
then publish it to http://www.yourdomain.com/directoryname

The child web is still part of your FrontPage web and
it is working properly.

Never change a FP-web .htaccess file manually because
it's a FrontPage configuration file ;-)

---HotD 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brenda Fuller" <bfuller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2001 5:08 AM
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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