Re: password protecting a folder




"don" <don@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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richard wrote:


There are several ways that *will* work, but don did not mention what
kind of hosting software is being used (Unix is the OS, not the host).
Apache ... IIS ... If it is Apache,
Google for: apache password protect directory
Thousands of hits.



Ok thanks - I googled and now I know what I need to do.......... it was
Apache, I thought it was a Unix permission thing I had to do.


Actually... (and this may sound noobish)... does anybody know if there is
there a windoze equivalent to .htaccess? I mean... so you could modify http
access through IIS *without* having to modify folder permissions for the
IIUSR...

Wouldn't THAT be useful!


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