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by **Name withheld by reque** » Fri, 10 Nov 1995 04:00:00

Hi!

I set up a CERN httpd server and need to protect a whole directory tree.
I want that the people who want to access the protect tree have to enter
their username and their password. I tried for several hours, but had
no access. The server always said that the tree is not protected. Seems
like I do not understand the manual at all. I do not understand what has
to be in the group file. I created a passwd file with the htadm program.
Also I do not understand the meaning of the GetMask parameter.
Could someone please explain me what to do to protect a give tree, like
/server/root/* so that the users are prompted for their username and
password.

Any help is appreciated, since it drives me nuts.

Thanks,

Marcus

by **Kenneth Zingmar** » Sat, 11 Nov 1995 04:00:00

One way of accomplish this is to create the Access-Control-File - .www_acl
and put the file in each of the directorys that you want to protect.
If you put the ACL-file in the "top-directory" it will due but if some
user knows the name of the remaining subdirectorys he can can get there
by changing the location directly without go by your forms or html-pages.
To avoid this you have to put the ACL-file in each directory.

The other way to solve this is to use the GetMask funktion. I have not used=

my selfe so I cannot help you there. Have you tried contacting CERN about t=
his?

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by **charles slat** » Mon, 13 Nov 1995 04:00:00

>Subject: CERN httpd dir-tree protection
>Date: 9 Nov 1995 16:47:14 -0700
>Hi!
>I set up a CERN httpd server and need to protect a whole directory tree.
>I want that the people who want to access the protect tree have to enter
>their username and their password. I tried for several hours, but had
>no access. The server always said that the tree is not protected. Seems
>like I do not understand the manual at all. I do not understand what has
>to be in the group file. I created a passwd file with the htadm program.
>Also I do not understand the meaning of the GetMask parameter.
>Could someone please explain me what to do to protect a give tree, like
>/server/root/* so that the users are prompted for their username and
>password.

Take a look at How to set up and maintain a World Wide Web Server by Lincoln
Stein, published by Addison-Wesley, where this is explained pretty well.
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