Re: [cobalt-users] Password Protect a Directory using password file

[Marco Baurdoux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Basic Unix permissions,
Don't give the rest of the world any rights
ie. for a perl script that only the owner will be allowed to execute
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le 23.8.2001 15:47, Paul Harvey à paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx a écrit :

> What other way, as I would like to know how to stop them?
> 
> Paul
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Lasman" <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 5:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Password Protect a Directory using password file
> 
> 
>> Ron Kulik wrote:
>> 
>>> Is it possible to password protect a directory , allowing only users
> with
>>> valid accounts on the raq to access it?  Something similar to the
> .htaccess
>>> way
>>> 
>>> Example would be a site has a support page but only wants users with
>>> accounts to log in.
>> 
>> By default, on the RaQ, the .htaccess "way" will authenticate users
>> against the RaQ's /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files.
>> 
>> However don't think that .htaccess protects or encrypts files or
>> directories in any way.  It doesn't.  All it does is keeps browsers from
>> getting in.  There are lots of other ways to read these files.
>> 
>> Jeff
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