.htaccess directories hidden ?

[roeiboot]

oi~

why would directories which contain a .htaccess file be hidden from the directory list ? i want them to be visible but obviously password protected.

thanks..

 

[RhythmAce]

This is a new one on me. Can you post the directives from the directory container in question and also the .htaccess file. Another question is if you have direct access to httpd.conf, why do you need .htaccess files?

 

[roeiboot]

here are the directives:

<Directory "/">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

<Directory "/var/

http://www/html">

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
# Allow from from all
Order Deny,Allow
</Directory>

<Directory "/var/

http://www/icons">

Options Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Allow from from all
Order allow,deny
</Directory>

<Directory "/var/

http://www/cgi-bin">

Options ExecCGI
AllowOverride None
Allow from from all
Order allow,deny
</Directory>

here's the .htaccess:

AuthName "private dir"
AuthUserFile /var/

http://www/html/roeiboot/various/private/.htpasswd

AuthType Basic
<Limit GET POST PUT>
require user rudeboy admin
</Limit>

can i set these settings and pw protect separate directories using the httpd.conf ?

 

[roeiboot]

i now 'protected' the directory using Digest (and in the httpd.conf) as described in the Apache doc's but still the protected directory -which works- is not in the directory-list as i want it to be.

entry in my httpd.conf:

<Directory "/var/

http://www/html/roeiboot/various/private">

AuthType Digest
AuthName "private"
AuthDigestFile /var/

http://www/html/roeiboot/various/private/digest

Require valid-user
Options +Indexes
</Directory>

thanks.

 

[RhythmAce]

I see a couple of things but they don't relate to your problem. First, the Order directive should come before the Allow from directive. You also only need the word "from" once. now getting back to your problem. As I said this is a new one on me bcause I don't know what could be causing just the directories with .htaccess to be hidden. Have you tried deleting the .htaccess file to see if it shows up in the index again? If not then it has nothing to do whith .htaccess. I would look more at the directives that have to do with displaying it. For example, are those directories in the list after the directive "IndexIgnore"? It may be something simple but right now, nothing comes to mind on what could be causing that.