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The following page has been changed by JohnCrown: http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/Info/htaccess The comment on the change is: quit deleting my post cant u see I'm working on it! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - = How do I use .htaccess files? = - - Implementation of .htaccess files is universal across the Internet. Many manuals are available online. You can visit your favorite search engine and search for 'htaccess', and you'll probably find a nice tutorial just like [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/htaccess.html this one]! Once you have grasped the basic concepts, it would definately help you to refer to the many examples available here on the wiki, there is also a great [http://www.askapache.com/2006/htaccess/htaccesselite-ultimate-htaccess-article.html htaccess Code Snippet Article] full of the most commonly requested htaccess code examples. - - - - == How can I create a plain text file for .htaccess? == - - You can do it by sshing in to yourdomain.com and using pico, a user-friendly text editor. All the commands for its use appear at the bottom of the page (^ means ''press the Control key.'') Just change to the directory in which you want to use .htaccess, and type "pico .htaccess" to get started with a blank .htaccess file. - - == How do I block certain IPs from accessing my site or directory? == - It's pretty easy! All you have to do is file in the directory you'd like to restrict (your main directory to restrict the entire site) and then put the following in it: - - {{{ - <Limit GET> - order allow,deny - allow from all - deny from 123.142.124.152 - deny from 124.24. - </LIMIT> - }}} - - - You can put whole ips or just the beginning part you'd like to match, and you can add more and more ips, each with its own line! When somebody's ip is banned, they will get a 403 error (access forbidden) when trying to visit your site. - - - == How do I block people coming from a certain website or URL from visiting my site or directory? == - - It's actually very similar to [[KB / Unix / .htaccess files| blocking people by IP]]! Again, you need to add some lines to an .htaccess text file that you create in the home directory of your web site. - - Here is some example code for giving everybody who comes to you from www.yahoo.com or www.google.com an (access denied): - - {{{ - SetEnvIfNoCase Referer "^http://www.google.com/"; BadReferrer - SetEnvIfNoCase Referer "^http://www.yahoo.com/"; BadReferrer - order deny,allow - deny from env=BadReferrer - }}} - - Another way to block people where you end up just redirecting them to a different url involves using the "[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html mod_rewrite]" functionality of our web server. Here's how to block everybody from www.yahoo.com and www.google.com again (put this in your .htaccess file): - - {{{ - RewriteEngine On - RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://www.yahoo.com/ - RewriteRule /* http://www.yoursite.com/restricted_url.html [R,L] - RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^http://www.google.com/ - RewriteRule /* http://www.yoursite.com/restricted_url.html [R,L] - }}} - == Force a server to only use SSL and fix double logins == If you really want to be sure that your server is only serving documents over an encrypted SSL channel ''(you wouldn't want visitors to submit a htaccess password prompt on an unencrypted connection)'' then you need to use the '''SSLRequireSSL''' directive with the +StrictRequire Option turned on.
