SID-00187: Control access to /twiki/pub without httpd.conf

Status:	Answered	TWiki version:	4.2.0	Perl version:	5.008008 (linux)
Category:	CategoryAccessControl	Server OS:	Linux 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5pae	Last update:	16 years ago

My hosting provider doesn't give me root access and therefore I can't make changes to httpd.conf.

Unrestricted access to /twiki/pub is not an option for my TWiki. I know it is possible to redirect /twiki/pub/ access to the viewfile script.

I copied the code described in the doc to a .htaccess file but this did'nt work as alias and scriptalias can't be used in this context.

Is there any other way I could control access to /twiki/pub/ using only a .htaccess file and still use the TWiki authentication system. If possible, I would like to avoid using Apache's basic authentication.

-- GregoireLeclair - 12 Mar 2009

Discussion and Answer

Securing attachments is described at TWikiAccessControl. Without root access I see no way to secure the attachments. Look into changing your hosting provider.

-- PeterThoeny - 13 Mar 2009

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