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> From: morgan gangwere [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 12:29 AM
> To: users@httpd.apache.org
> Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] unknown in .htaccess files
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> @all
> 
> im setting up a webcam to do some remote admin, but I dont want people
> to just see what im doing.
> I have a simple system with this hierarchy:
> /
> + webcam/
>         - .htaccess
>         - .htpasswd
>         + pics/
>               - current.jpg
>               - etc....
>         - index.htm
> [rest of site]
> 
> how secure is this? 

Not very.

> if /webcam/ is a link to C:\wamp\www\webcam\ then
> should i put my .htpasswd in say c:\wamp\.htpasswd-webcam instead?

Err... I think so. Maybe you missed the big red box at the bottom of
this page: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_authn_file.html

> 
> also, how do i make a different page for say the user "admin" come up?

One idea might be to try a RewriteRule based on the REMOTE_USER
server-variable, eg:

RewriteCond %{REMOTE_USER}  ^admin$
RewriteRule ^/.*$                 /admin_page.html

Rgds,
Owen Boyle
Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. 

> 
> help is appreciated
> 
> (and don't criticize me on .htaccess - i like it. and i dont have
> anything better readily availible
> - --
> Just a Thought
> Morgan Gangwere
> 
> For those who want my PGP key:
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