.htaccess question

[comptech520]

Hi, I have a directory on my server called support

In support, there is 3 more directories

support/helpdesk
support/faq
support/ma

There is a directory called "config" in all of those directories:

support/helpdesk/config
support/faq/config
support/ma/config

Is there a way to protect all of the "config" directories with 1 username/password file?

[Jarrod1937]

Just simply place a .htaccess file in each directory with this in it:

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Directory Name"
AuthUserFile "/home/accoutname/.htpasswds/passwd" (or whatever your shared directory would be)
require valid-user 

This allows you to have all of the .htaccess's in each directory reference the same single authentication file which contains one username and password.

[comptech520]

Thanks!

Is there a way to protect the .htaccess files to not let anyone have access to them (so no one hacks into the site?)

[Fang]

http://perishablepress.com/press/200...s-tricks/#sec1