Re: [cobalt-users] .htaccess showing - how to prevent this?

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From: "Greg Hewitt-Long" <cobaltusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 2:01 PM
Subject: [cobalt-users] .htaccess showing - how to prevent this?


> I think I just discovered something that isn't supposed to happen... I
can't find a reference to it anywhere... so here goes..
>
> I inadvertently typed a \ after deleting part of a URL, and I got the
.htaccess file to show - this could be bad news for some sites, showing the
location of .htpassword files etc
>
> Check it out:
>
> http://www.webyourbusiness.com/\
>
> Now - surely this IS NOT supposed to happen!  Any ideas on how to turn
this OFF??
>
> thanks
>
> Greg Hewitt-Long
> -- 
Greg,
I tried it and it does not happen here. I tried several domains.
www.domainname.com/\

Tom