[plug] Apache access.conf

[Robert Andrews]

Hi Mark thanks for the reply however I have allready tried changing the
order with no luck
I have also checked that the following is enabled

LoadModule access_module /usr/lib/apache/1.3/mod_access.so

----- Original Message -----
From: <levsky at rave.iinet.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 6:08 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] Apache access.conf


> On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 06:03:11PM +0800, Robert Andrews wrote:
> > Hi all Im haveing some problems understanding how the access.conf file
works
> > for example how do I allow a range of network addresses access to a
> > directory
> > and not others.
> > And how do I allow just 1 ip address
> >
> > <Directory /usr/doc>
> > Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
> > AllowOverride None
> > order deny,allow
> > deny from all
> > allow from 192.168.3.10
> > </Directory>
> >
>
> Looks like you've got the order back to front.
> Since you're going order deny,allow - apache is processing
> the deny from all directive before it processes the allow from <ip>
> directive
>
> Try order allow,deny
>
> The docs at www.apache.org detail all the syntax for using ranges
> of IP addresses - that'll be able to give you a far more comprehensive
> answer than I can.
>
> Also, AFAIK, the accees.conf and srm.conf files aree deprecated, and
> apache encourages just chucking everything in httpd.conf
>
> Cheers
>
> Mark
>
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