[lug] .htaccess weirdness

[Greg Horne]

Yes, I do have a nested setup.  Here is why:

/admin
	/directory1
	/directory2

admin,direcotry1,directory2 all have .htaccess and .htpasswd in them.

Its setup so only authenticated users can access
http://website/admin/index.html.  

After authenticating, based on their user name the client is allowed
into /admin/directory1 or /admin/directory2 or both.  Directory1 and
directory2 have PHP scripts providing different functionality.

Is there a better way of doing this, so the client won't have to add the
'/' onto http://website/admin?

Thanks,
Greg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us [mailto:lug-admin at lug.boulder.co.us]
On
> Behalf Of Scott A. Herod
> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 4:18 PM
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: Re: [lug] .htaccess weirdness
> 
> Check to see whether you have nested .htaccess directories.
> 
> > Greg Horne wrote:
> >
> > Hey all!  I used the wrong email address and didn't want to wait for
a
> > moderator, so I'm posting again.  Sorry.
> >
> > I was contacted today and somebody was trying to log into a website
> > protected by an .htaccess file.  Here is the weird thing:
> >
> > Example #1
> >
> > If you go to http://website/admin
> >
> > It asks for password, I enter it and I am denied
> >
> > It asks for password again, I enter it and it lets me in.
> >
> > BUT
> >
> > Example #2
> >
> > If you go to http://website/admin/
> >
> > It asks for password, I enter it and it lets me in.
> >
> > BTW, you don't have to try example #1 for #2 to work.  Does anybody
> > have an idea as to what could be causing this?
> >
> > I have looked in my httpd.conf and found nothing that would help, is
> > this maybe a kernel problem?
> >
> > RedHat 7.0
> >
> > Kernel 2.2.16-22
> >
> > Apache 1.3.19
> >
> > Thanks for any help,
> >
> > Greg
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