[ms4w-users] ms4w - Application protection with password

[Jeff McKenna]

What happens when you download the MS4W addon package "PHP/MapScript 
Sample Application" and followed steps 1 to 5 exactly in 
http://www.maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml?page=README_INSTALL.html#password-protection-configuration-for-applications 
?

-jeff



E.Stefanakis wrote:
> Dear friends
> 
> I have defined the following (as described in the ms4w installation notes) 
> in order to protect an ms4w application with password; but it does not 
> work...
> (I tried it in Windows Vista)
> 
> =============
> The application resides at c:/ms4w/apps/ITE/htdocs
> 
> The C:\ms4w\apps\ITE\htdocs\ht.acl file contains the following:
> 
>    AuthType Basic
>    AuthUserFile "c:/ms4w/Apache/bin/passwdkml.txt"
>    AuthName "Password Required"
> 
>    require valid-user
>  
> The C:\ms4w\httpd.d\httpd_ITE.conf file contains the following:
> 
>    Alias /ITE/ "/ms4w/apps/ITE/htdocs/"
> 
>    <Directory "/ms4w/apps/ITE/htdocs/">
>      AllowOverride AuthConfig
>      Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Multiviews
>    </Directory>
> 
> I have also added the following to the C:\ms4w\Apache\conf\httpd.conf
> 
>    AccessFileName  ht.acl .htcaccess
> 
> ================
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Emmanuel.
> 

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Jeff McKenna
DM Solutions Group Inc.
http://www.dmsolutions.ca