1. I would like to be able to secure a sub folder of the cgi-bin so > that it requires authentication to access any of the scripts contained > there within. I've tried putting a copy of an .htaccess file which I > know is properly configured in there, however it still allows > unrestricted access. Is there any 'trick' to configuring .htaccess for > cgi-bin folders, is it simply 'not possible' or is it just that I'm > lousing things up...??..

2. Our organisation hosts websites free of charge for approx 120 New > Zealand schools, and to date have received a number of requests to be > able to password protect areas of their site, which I have been able to > do for them manually, however I would like to transfer much of the > administration of this to the individual schools to maintain. For each > school I've set up an .htpasswd file in their root directory, and > provided a web based form which enables them to encrypt passwords to add > to that file, which they can access via ftp as it's in their root > folder. My concern comes in that in the .htaccess file I seem to have > to provide an explicit reference to the location of the file on my hard > drive (of the type c:/server/roadshow/­schools/yourschool/.­htpasswd). > Now I don't really want all of these users to have that much information > about the structure of my hard drive, so I wanted to have .htaccess > reference .htpasswd through a relative reference, however I can't seem > to figure out how to do that...is it possible...??>

Thanks for taking the time to read through my requests. I hope that > someone may be able to help me.>

Kind regards> Steve>

+------------------­--------------------­--------------------­--------+> Steve Winter, Assistant Director> National Science-Technology Roadshow Trust> P.O. Box 12662, Wellington> New Zealand>

Phone +64 27 434 1577> Fax +64 8 326 3263>

http://www.roadshow­.org <http://www.roadsho­w.org/>> +------------------­--------------------­--------------------­---------+>

Thanks for your reply...>

Doh...!...thanks for that...I'd overlooked the fact that the cgi-bin had> it's own <directory> settings, and would therefore require it's own> OverRide setting...>

Can you, or anyone else, offer advice on my other issue;>

Our organisation hosts websites free of charge for approx 120 New> Zealand schools, and to date have received a number of requests to be> able to password protect areas of their site, which I have been able to> do for them manually, however I would like to transfer much of the> administration of this to the individual schools to maintain. For each> school I've set up an .htpasswd file in their root directory, and> provided a web based form which enables them to encrypt passwords to add> to that file, which they can access via ftp as it's in their root> folder. My concern comes in that in the .htaccess file I seem to have> to provide an explicit reference to the location of the file on my hard> drive (of the type c:/server/roadshow/­schools/yourschool/.­htpasswd).> Now I don't really want all of these users to have that much information> about the structure of my hard drive, so I wanted to have .htaccess> reference .htpasswd through a relative reference, however I can't seem> to figure out how to do that...is it possible...??>