On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 07:56:57PM +0100, Iñaki Baz Castillo wrote:
> Dokuwiki 2006-11-06 from the official page [1]  contains the 
> file "conf/.htacces":

>   conf/.htaccess
>    -------------------------------------
>       ## no access to the conf directory
>       order allow,deny
>       deny from all
>   ---------------------------------------

> This .htaccess deny web access to files in "conf" directory (ACL's, users).

> But Debian package doesn't include it in /etc/dokuwiki so any user can see 
> the 
> ACL's and user list (name, mail, role, encripted password) by accessing to:

>   http://dokuwiki_base/conf
>   http://dokuwiki_base/conf/acl.auth.php
>   http://dokuwiki_base/conf/users.auth.php

> I suggest to include the .htaccess file in /etc/dokuwiki.

> Note: The issue exists too in the experimental 0.0.20061106-2 version [2].

Um.  Why is anything under /etc/ being exposed under the http heirarchy *at
all*?

Ah, that would be the link ./usr/share/dokuwiki/conf -> /etc/dokuwiki being
shipped in the package, probably as a cheap workaround for a lack of config
include path in the software. :/

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