Question

.htaccess:

# bin/.htaccess.txt
#
# Controls access to TWiki scripts - rename this to '.htaccess' to make
# Apache use it.

# Use CGI & Perl to handle all files in 'bin' directory, i.e. run as scripts
# - this should remove the need to rename files to end in '.pl' etc,
# if your web hosting provider permits this.  Remove if using mod_perl.
SetHandler cgi-script

# Password file for TWiki users
#
# The path here must be a system file pathname, not a URL - first part should 
# match the $dataDir setting in TWiki.cfg
AuthUserFile /var/www/html/twiki/data/.htpasswd
AuthName 'Enter your WikiName: (First name and last name, no space, no dots, capitalized, e.g. JohnSmith). Cancel to register if you do not have one.'
AuthType Basic

# File to return on access control error (e.g. wrong password)
# The path here must be a URL path, not a file pathname - first part should 
# match the $scriptUrlPath in TWiki.cfg
ErrorDocument 401 /twiki/bin/oops/TWiki/TWikiRegistration?template=oopsauth

<Files ~ "[^/]*\.html$">
       SetHandler blabla
       allow from all
</Files>

<Files "viewauth">
       require valid-user
</Files>

<Files "edit">
       require valid-user
</Files>

<Files "preview">
       require valid-user
</Files>

<Files "save">
       require valid-user
</Files>

<Files "attach">
       require valid-user
</Files>

<Files "upload">
       require valid-user
</Files>

<Files "rename">
       require valid-user
</Files>

<Files "manage">
       require valid-user
</Files>

<Files "installpasswd">
       require valid-user
</Files>

<Files "logon">
   require valid-user
</Files>

<Files "view">
   require valid-user
</Files>

<Files "*">
       allow from all
</Files>

Note i also tried making a symlink to view called viewauth and putting viewauth in the .htaccess file.

Environment

-- ChipUpsal - 12 Sep 2003

Answer

Since you require login for view, you could require authentication for the search script, or simply for the whole twiki/bin directory.

-- PeterThoeny - 13 Sep 2003