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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:11:11 -0600
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From: Jason Signalness <jsignalness@btinet.net>
Subject: RE: tricky password protection
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At 05:36 PM 1/10/2002 -0500, you wrote:

> > From: Jason Signalness [mailto:jsignalness@btinet.net]
>
> > I made a confusing typo in the below message.  Sorry... It's corrected
> > here.  Subdir "B" is supposed to only be accessible to users listed in
> > password file "B".
> >
> > Jason Signalness wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I've got a problem that I've been dealing with for a while.  I want to
> > > have two different password files for two different directories and one
> > > is a subdirectory of the other.
> > >
> > > Ex:
> > >
> > > All files in /opt/bb/www and any subdirectories (except the one
> > > mentioned below) should reference password file A.
> > >
> > > /opt/bb/www/subdirB and all subdirectories/files should reference
> > > password file B.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?  I can only get subdirB to be accessible by
> > > users listed in password file A.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
>
>I've never tried to do this, but I'm guessing it can't be done in your
>current setup.  What I would do is this:
>
>1. Move subdirB to /opt/bb/subdirB.
>
>2. Add the following to httpd.conf:
>Alias /subdirB /opt/bb/subdirB
>
>3. Protect each directory separately with <Directory> sections that are no
>longer nested.
>
>Joshua.

That's the problem... I can't move the subdirectory.  Thanks for the 
suggestion though... it would work that way, if I could only relocate the 
subdirectory.

-Jason


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