"Herman Van Keer (softouch)" wrote:
> Duncan Hall wrote:
>
> > This is odd.
> >
> > I have placed a .htaccess file in a cgi-bin and when I call a perl
> > script from that directory it does not bring up the password
> > authentication box it just executes the script.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Dunc
> >
> > -- \\- Duncan Hall - SysAdmin Viator - Sydney AU +61 2 93616137 -\\ --
>
> Your basic Apache install doesn't allow you for using .htaccess file.
> Look for : Allowioverride AuthConfig - it's in you apache config file-
> The comment above is: This controls which options the .htacess files in
> directories can override.
>
> Secondly, look to it that the permissions on the .htaccess file are OK -
> readable by your Apache server user.
>
> (I know I had that problem too - It took me a while before I found this
> - Although once you know, it sound so obvious ;-) )
>
> Hope this helps
> Herman
well... this what I found now so far, in my case is uncomented and still
doesn't work..
# AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory
# for access control information.
AccessFileName .htaccess
sk
