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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Saturn2004 on September 11, 2005, 11:03:30 am

Title: help please
Post by: Saturn2004 on September 11, 2005, 11:03:30 am

hello folks,
i have a question to ask...

how do you password protect a directory on a unix webserver?
i tried that HTacess thing but it didnt  work out for  me
i must have done  somthin wrong ...
instead of  asking me for a username and password.. it gave a 403 error  saying "i was not authorized"

anways  is there a javascript VBS or  ASP solution i could use?

Title: help please
Post by: bash on September 11, 2005, 11:26:31 am

I think you schould try .htaccess again, it's the easyest way.
Check out http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/howto/auth.html

Title: help please
Post by: Janos on September 11, 2005, 12:40:10 pm

hack the gibson dude

Title: help please
Post by: Descenterace on September 11, 2005, 02:09:02 pm

DO NOT use scripts for access control. It's either client-side and insecure or server-side and grossly inefficient.

The server provides you with security control features for a reason.