On Tue, 9 Aug 2005, Joshua Slive wrote:
> On 8/9/05, Chris Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > New problem. We wouldf very much love to allow users to use
> > Redirect in .htaccess but must disallow FileInfo to turn off things
> > like PHP. FileInfo is needed to allow Redirect.
> >
> > Is there any way to either re-enable redirect specifically
> > without allowing FineInfo? I'm thinking no and it's a little
> > upsetting that Apache doesn't seem to have finer granularity here
> > unless I'm missing something. Oh, using 1.3 here, but 2.0 appears to
> > have the same problem.
>
> No, there is no direct way to do this. But there are plenty of other
> ways to accomplish the same goal. For example:
>
> 1. Allow FileInfo but use a "php_admin_flag engine off" or similar
> setting to assure that php can't be used.
Turns off php true, but there's also perl. Is there anything
like this for mod_perl at all?
>
> 2. Allow FileInfo but use other administrative measures to keep your
> users in line. (A rule with posted consequences for violations plus a
> simple cron job for enforcement should work fine.)
>
> Joshua.
>
Yeah. Problem there is that this is an after thie horse has
escaped deal. True I can do nasty things but only after my server is
trashed.
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