[H-GEN] Apache restrict directory

[Nikolai Lusan]

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yh tan wrote:

> i'm curious if it's possible to restrict directory access of the apache web
> server by just turning the knobs in httpd.conf or/and srm.conf or/and
> access.conf?

The kind of thing that you want to do does not really belong in the conf files,
there is room for a user owned file called .htaccess you put this kind of
restriction in there.

> can this kind of config be done by configuring HTTPD (apache) CONF files? or
> do i have to incorporate "ipchains" rules??

there is no way to do this with ipchains, unless you are only going to allow the
10.10.10.0/24 network access the apache port.


Nikolai


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