Re: [cobalt-users] Webalizer problem...Still

[Lists Only <listaid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 11/7/01 7:32 AM, Sqlcoders.com Programming Dept at coders@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:

> Hiya,
> Ok well this is a high simplification, and its not clean, but it should
> work.
> If you simply change the filename that gets rewritten to htold or similar,
> then whatever the webalizer does it wont really affect access, plus you can
> put in custom .htaccess files, its messy, but doing a global search/replace
> inside a file is easier than trying to change the coding to write out
> different contents etc.
> Of course if you did do this you'd need to manually remove the .htaccess
> files because the webalizer wouldn't know about them after the filename
> change.
> 
> Just a thought....
> 
I was about to write back and say that won't work, then I thought about it
and I did what you suggested, which was I figured out, was to change in the
webalizer.pl the following lines:

# Create a .htaccess1 if it isn't there yet

    if (!-e '$thepath/.htaccess1')
    {
       my $string =
"#Access file\norder allow,deny\nallow from all\nrequire group
$name\nAuthname WebStats\nAuthtype Basic\nAuthAuthoritative off\n";
       open HTACCESS, qq(>$thepath/.htaccess1);
       print HTACCESS $string;
       close HTACCESS;
       chmod 0744, qq($thepath/.htaccess1);

Instead of .htaccess I changed it to .htaccess1, so now webalizer.pl writes
to .htaccess1 instead of .htaccess.

Now, I can upload my own .htaccess file for my clients, if they so choose
and not have to worry about it being overwritten.

BTW:  htold wouldn't work.

Thanks for the infusion of a new idea.

aky

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lists Only" <listaid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 5:18 PM
> Subject: [cobalt-users] Webalizer problem...Still
> 
> 
>> Okay, It seems I'm just dumb.  I've followed the directions on the
>> (http://www.uk2raq.com/raqfaq/raqfaqshow.php?faq=83), and still the
>> .htaccess file is overwritten.  Been, kicking this around for nearly a
> week
>> now.  I've tried everything I know I even tried commenting out the lines
> to
>> see if that would work and no luck.
>> 
>> Any how I'm at a loss at what to do.  Would be nice if there was a way to
>> just do away with the .htaccess file as many of my clients could care less
>> if their site is accessible to all or not.  For the one's that care I can
>> always install my own .htaccess file for each site's stats area.
>> 
>> Assistance needed.
>> 
>> aky
>> 
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