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

[David Shugarts <Azimuth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It doesn't happen in any of my domains that I have checked (half a dozen so
far). I am just wondering aloud . . . could such a thing be the result of a
hack elsewhere into your domain? Could it be a global edit of any file
called .htaccess?

--Dave Shugarts

> 
> 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
> 
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