[Cialug] apache deny access to directory tree

[Barry Von Ahsen]

well, duh, I can put a username/password on it, but I'm still wondering 
what I'm doing wrong

-barry


Barry Von Ahsen wrote:
> I want to deny access to a whole directory tree, and it's not working. I 
> copied the directive from the <Directory />, but no luck.  apache docs 
> say one place that it will only deny the directory, and other places say 
> the whole tree.
> 
> I've tried in httpd.conf
> <Directory /var/www/html/dirroot>
> <Directory /var/www/html/dirroot*>
> <Directory /var/www/html/dirroot/>
> <Directory /var/www/html/dirroot/*>
> <DirectoryMatch "/var/www/html/dirroot">
> <DirectoryMatch "/var/www/html/dirroot*">
> <DirectoryMatch "/var/www/html/dirroot/">
> <DirectoryMatch "/var/www/html/dirroot/*">
> and .htaccess
> 
> <Directory /var/www/html/dirroot/>
>   Options -All -Multiviews
>   AllowOverride None
>   <IfModule mod_access.c>
>     Order deny,allow
>     Deny from all
>   </IfModule>
> </Directory>
> 
> -barry
> 
> 
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