htaccess on 10.3.7?

[hetjan]

Hi,

I’m trying to allow users to add a .htaccess file to specific directories.

So far I have followed the directions given in the article about .htaccess on 10.2.8 server without luck; I think thats because the directions given there talk about a “site’s” directory.

What I’m looking for is somewhere to be found in /etc/httpd/httpd.conf, somewhere at or below line 245. But I can’t figure it out.

My .htaccess file looks like this:

AuthUserFile /Volumes/Data/Users/joeuser/Sites/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName EnterPassword
AuthType Basic

require user borg

The .htpassword file is one line.

What am I doing wrong?

[hetjan]

No, I have no reason not to. Just didn’t think it was possible since this is not covered in the manual…

[hetjan]

I must be thick or something….

Realms deal with specific directories. I want to allow users to lock directories they wish with a .htaccess file… How do I do that?

[Dan Dickinson]

You need to tweak AllowOverride within the Directory context for that folder; when it’s set to AllowOverride None, you can’t use htaccess files.

Try changing it to AllowOverride Limit. Checking the Apache manual would help.

[hetjan]

Thank you. Checking the manual would help. But I have trouble finding where Apple defines the Sites directory globally.

In httpd.conf they define the name of the .htaccess file. They say:
[QUOTE]##### For Mac OS X Server: It’s OK to modify this directive if necessary but note that
##### by default AllowOveride is None in all virtual hosts.[/QUOTE]

I don’t care about the virtual hosts, just the users home directory. I cannot see any line there defining the Users home directory other than
[QUOTE]## UserDir: The name of the directory which is appended onto a user’s home
## directory if a ~user request is received.
##
##### For Mac OS X Server: It’s OK to modify this directive if necessary, but note that
##### the default sites directory created for a new user is “Sites”, and that
##### personal websharing is not supported on Mac OS X Server.
##

UserDir Sites
[/QUOTE]
But configtest will not allow me to put an AllowOverride there.

It looks like I will need to be spoonfed

A.

[Dan Dickinson]

<Directory "/Users/foobar/Sites/">
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Replace foobar with the appropriate username. Slap that into httpd.conf at the end.

[hetjan]

Setting up a block like that for 300 users is not an elegant solution…..

[Dan Dickinson]

Then do it for /Users/ instead of a named user. Directory directives (heh) are cumulative all the way up the path.

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