.htaccess ?!?!

[Leinad]

Hi all,

I have a PHP and apache configuration in an NT box. I've noticed if I use NT instead of *nix, I would not be able to use the .htaccess property.. the question is, does NT have something similar to .htaccess ?

I basically want to do:
- show diff. error pages. e.g. display a customised 404page instead of the default.

- Deny IP address

- enable SSI

- preventing Directory Listing.

Thanks alot!!!!

[chrisvmarle]

You can use .htaccess on NT. The only problem is how to get a file named ".htaccess", because this is not allowed on Windows systems.

I've stuggled with this problem in Win98 and WinXP too and here's how I got it to work:

• Start Notepad
• Typ your .htaccess information
  for example:
  order allow,deny
  deny from 10.0.0.3
  allow from all
  
• Save it to a file (.htaccess.txt would be nice)
• Start MS-DOS- or Command-prompt
• Goto the dir where you've saved .htaccess.txt
• Typ "ren .htaccess.txt .htaccess" and hit enter
• You could do a little check: "dir .*" [ENTER]

Option 2:

• Start MS-DOS- or Command-prompt
• Goto the dir where want your .htaccess
• Typ "edit .htaccess" [ENTER]
• Typ your .htaccess information
• Close the editor
• You could do a little check: "dir .*" [ENTER]

Hope this helps you out

Mzzl, Chris

[freakysid]

There is a simpler way

The name of the custom access file does not have to be .htaccess. In your apache httpd.conf file you use the AccessFileName directive to specify what the file name is. The reason why .htaccess has a dot at the beginning by convention is because this signifies a "hidden" file on *nix (and Mac too btw).

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/cor...accessfilename

[chrisvmarle]

But the reason I have this solution is because I don't want to have to change filenames if I upload files to a *nix system. Upgrade or just to test compatibility and if I install a program (perl or PHP) wich has a .htaccess in some dirs I don't want to have to change these.

Mzzl, Chris