I think I now understand the problem. From my experience this is a pecularity of Apache 2. Apache 1 behaviur was different. Before an object is listed by mod_auto_index, apache tries to access it. You can, for example do the following test: In an autoindexed directory, create a directory, with a+rx perms. No .htaccess. You'll see it listed. Now, create inside it an unreadble index.html. Bang! It disappears! This behaviour is new to apache 2, I don't like it, but this is debatable.
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 17:50:47 +0200, Chaim Keren Tzion wrote about "Re: Apache .htaccess Hides Folders": > The access permisions are/were as you suggested. The directory was visible and > accessible before I added the .htaccess file to it. Now it is visible and > accessible only if I give the password. I just want to be able to see the > directories from .. (one flight up), just to know of it's existance so I can > click on it and be asked for the user/passwd instead of having to remember that > it is also there and have to type the directory's name in manually. > > I think that this is not a rights problem and certainly not a .htaccess problem > per say but an apache problem with both mod_auth and mod_auth_digest (I've tried > both). I am just looking for a workaround at this point. > > Has anyone out there had this work for them? ie. A passworded directory that > shows up in Auto-Indexed; Apache served directory listings (before loging into > the directory)? > > -- > Chaim Keren Tzion | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > System Administrator " The Hebrew University of Jerusalem > Dept. of Neurobiology " Tel: 972-2-658-5083 > Inst. of Life Science " Cel: 972-2-54-652983 > Jerusalem 91904, Israel " Fax: 972-2-658-6296 > ....................... : ............................ > > > Quoting Zvi Har'El <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Shalom Chaim, > > > > Your problem is simply setting unix access permissions (I assum you run a > > unix > > server, linux included, otherwise you wouldn't have written to this list > > ;-)). > > What you need is just to make the directory searchable, not readable, by the > > apache user (normally nobody or apache in redhat), so just run > > > > chmod o=x directory_name > > > > If you really need a .htaccess file, you have to make it universally > > readbable, i.e., > > > > chmod o+r directory_name/.htaccess > > > > BTW, read the apache error file, error_log: It should tell you about the > > permissions problem. > > > > Kol tuv > > > > Zvi. > > > > On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 23:16:05 +0200, Chaim Keren Tzion wrote about "Apache > > .htaccess Hides Folders": > > > Using Apache2 with: Options +Indexes > > > > > > When I limit access to a subdirectory by putting a .htaccess file inside of > > it > > > the subdirectory disappears from the parent's directory tree. If I manualy > > type > > > in the name I get the expected authentication prompt. Is there a way to > > allow all > > > users to see the subdirectory in the tree but limit access to the > > subdirectory's > > > contents? > > > > > > -- > > > Chaim Keren Tzion | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > System Administrator " The Hebrew University of Jerusalem > > > Dept. of Neurobiology " Tel: 972-2-658-5083 > > > Inst. of Life Science " Cel: 972-2-54-652983 > > > Jerusalem 91904, Israel " Fax: 972-2-658-6296 > > > ...................... : ............................ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > > Dr. Zvi Har'El mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of > > Mathematics > > tel:+972-54-227607 icq:179294841 Technion - Israel Institute of > > Technology > > fax:+972-4-8293388 http://www.math.technion.ac.il/~rl/ Haifa 32000, > > ISRAEL > > "If you can't say somethin' nice, don't say nothin' at all." -- Thumper > > (1942) > > Tuesday, 26 Tevet 5764, 20 January 2004, > > 7:31AM > > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > -- Dr. Zvi Har'El mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Mathematics tel:+972-54-227607 icq:179294841 Technion - Israel Institute of Technology fax:+972-4-8293388 http://www.math.technion.ac.il/~rl/ Haifa 32000, ISRAEL "If you can't say somethin' nice, don't say nothin' at all." -- Thumper (1942) Tuesday, 27 Tevet 5764, 20 January 2004, 6:20PM ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
