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found this in my .htaccess

Discussion in 'Apache' started by login, Jan 16, 2008.

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    Can you please tell me what this is doing?
    Green rep to good answers:)

    <Limit GET POST>
    order deny,allow
    deny from all
    allow from all
    </Limit>
    <Limit PUT DELETE>
    order deny,allow
    deny from all
    </Limit>
    AuthName www.mydomxin.com
    AuthUserFile /usr/local/4admin/apache/vhosts/mydomxin.com/httpdocs/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
    AuthGroupFile /usr/local/4admin/apache/vhosts/mydomxin.com/httpdocs/_vti_pvt/service.grp
     
    login, Jan 16, 2008 IP
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    joebert Well-Known Member

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    The <limit GET POST> section tells the server to accept a GET or POST HTTP request from anyone.

    The <limit PUT DELETE> section tells the server not to accept PUT or DELETE HTTP requests from anyone.

    The last 3 lines have to do with prompting you for a password when you access that directory in your browser.
    AuthName is basicly a title for the password prompt.
    AuthUserFile handles name based logins.
    AuthGroupFile handles group based logins.
     
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    login Notable Member

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    Thanks joebert.

    Hmm, wonder why it is there, there are no logins or passwords at the site.
     
    login, Jan 17, 2008 IP
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    Directories/Files with "_vti" in the beginning of the name usually have somthing to do with Frontpage extensions.
     
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    if you have no Frontpage relevant content on your site, you may safely remove all your above quoted lines ( ###out-comment first - then remove after successful test) .
    may be that server default .htaccess is included for frontpage ppl

    to the best of my 10 yrs of linux experience, in normal linux hosting is no need/no use for such .htaccess lines at all
     
    hans, Jan 18, 2008 IP
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