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Subject: RE: [users@httpd] Configuring Password Protection
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--- Boyle Owen <Owen.Boyle@swx.com> wrote:

> 
> BTW, you may be suffering from the popular misconception that
> AllowOverride and .htaccess files are needed for password protection.
> They're not. If you can edit the config, as you can, it's usually better
> to put all the Auth directives straight into the directory container.
> 
> Rgds,
> Owen Boyle

Confusion:  I have set up this directive per the yolinux.com examples
to allow simple password protection on a directory.  This is in my
httpd.conf file:

>>>>>>>>

<Directory /web/html/missy>
     AllowOverride AuthConfig
     AuthName "MISSY'S PLACE"
     AuthType Basic
     AuthUserFile /web/etc/.htpasswd
     AuthGroupFile /dev/null
     require user missy
</Directory>

<<<<<<<<

Boyle, are you saying that AllowOverride is not necessary?

Here are the other main Directory entries:
<Directory "/">
#        Options FollowSymLinks
        Order allow,deny
        Deny from all

</Directory>

<Directory "/web/html">
        Options Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks
        IndexOptions FancyIndexing IconsAreLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Allow from all
        Order deny,allow
</Directory>



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