[H-GEN] Apache restrict directory (fwd)

Martin Pool mbp at linuxcare.com.au
Sun Apr 16 02:58:54 EDT 2000


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On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, yh tan wrote:

> thanks for the replies from mike andrew & nikolai lusan regarding my queries
> on 2 bootable linux partitions. :)
> 
> here's another curious idea i'm exploring... pls pitch in your suggestions.
> 
> 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?
> 
> let's say i allow EVERYONE to access,
> http://10.10.10.1/index.html
> and,
> i want to ONLY allow users in 10.10.10.5.0/24 to have access to,
> http://10.10.10.1/secrets/index.html

Sure!  

<Location />
  order allow,deny
  allow from all
</Location>

<Location /secrets>
  order allow,deny
  allow from 10.10.10.5.0/24           # what kind of IP address is THAT?
  deny from all
</Location>

RTFM for more details.

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Martin Pool



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