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



>At 01:01 PM 8/28/2003, you wrote:
>>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
>
>doesn't show to win2k with IE6
>
>it actually turned the "\" into a second "/"
>i typed it myself and the same page displayed
>

My machine here has IE5.5 on a macintosh - and I see the .htaccess file that resides in the webroot folder.

Greg
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