Re: Multi-User Security on *nix using mod_rewrite

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2002

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 41717
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texte = Why not just remove the webcatalog handler from the main httpd,conf file andadd to each virtual host as needed ..We do this .. Mean sone site can map- .html to webcatalog and the next canbe standard static Apache files ..As follows:ServerName www.blackpepper.co.nzOptions -Indexes FollowSymLinks IncludesNoExecDocumentRoot /Library/WebServer/WebSites/www.blackpepper.co.nzTransferLog /var/log/httpd/www.blackpepper.co.nz_access-logErrorLog /var/log/httpd/www.blackpepper.co.nz_error-logServerAlias www 210.55.24.6 localhost 127.0.0.1 blackpepper.co.nzAddHandler webcatalog2-handler .htmlNameVirtualHost 210.55.24.6Alain> After reading through the docs on mod_rewrite I believe that it> could be used to secure, on a directory or host basis, the usage of> the WebDNA Engine based on file extension. This could be a great> way to provide standard hosting on the same machine as WebDNA if it> really could be made to work. I haven't yet started in on it> because I wanted to know if anyone has already tried it. If so,> does it work. If not, why not. It seems, as it runs off of> regular expression, that explicit denial of any registered> extension processed by WebDNA could be rewritten to an error page> or the like and that this denial could be either file path based or> host header based or both.> > Any mod_rewrite gurus out there that want to comment?> > Mike> > > -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Multi-User Security on *nix using mod_rewrite (Alain Russell 2002) Re: Multi-User Security on *nix using mod_rewrite (Aaron Lynch 2002) Re: Multi-User Security on *nix using mod_rewrite (Aaron Lynch 2002) Re: Multi-User Security on *nix using mod_rewrite (Clement Ross 2002) Re: Multi-User Security on *nix using mod_rewrite (Alain Russell 2002) Multi-User Security on *nix using mod_rewrite (Michael Davis 2002)

Why not just remove the webcatalog handler from the main httpd,conf file andadd to each virtual host as needed ..We do this .. Mean sone site can map- .html to webcatalog and the next canbe standard static Apache files ..As follows:ServerName www.blackpepper.co.nzOptions -Indexes FollowSymLinks IncludesNoExecDocumentRoot /Library/WebServer/WebSites/www.blackpepper.co.nzTransferLog /var/log/httpd/www.blackpepper.co.nz_access-logErrorLog /var/log/httpd/www.blackpepper.co.nz_error-logServerAlias www 210.55.24.6 localhost 127.0.0.1 blackpepper.co.nzAddHandler webcatalog2-handler .htmlNameVirtualHost 210.55.24.6Alain> After reading through the docs on mod_rewrite I believe that it> could be used to secure, on a directory or host basis, the usage of> the WebDNA Engine based on file extension. This could be a great> way to provide standard hosting on the same machine as WebDNA if it> really could be made to work. I haven't yet started in on it> because I wanted to know if anyone has already tried it. If so,> does it work. If not, why not. It seems, as it runs off of> regular expression, that explicit denial of any registered> extension processed by WebDNA could be rewritten to an error page> or the like and that this denial could be either file path based or> host header based or both.> > Any mod_rewrite gurus out there that want to comment?> > Mike> > > -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Alain Russell

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