Windows 2003 & htaccess / .htpasswd

n_wattam

I'm running a windows 2003 server with IIS, i'm aware htaccess and .htpasswd are not support with this setup however i need to secure a folder, so only an authorized user can access an admin page within a webfolder.

Is there any other method/way

Doug_G

You can remove the IIS user account from the access list for the folder you want to protect. IIS will then prompt for a windows username/password to allow access.

There are some aftermarket programs that provide htaccess-like protection.

DeathfireD

Don't forget to take off anonymous browsing and set integrated authentication in the IIS manager for that pages folder.

shveta

i hav created .htaccess file for redirection purpose. Our site had no .htaccess file brfore that so made the new one.

I created it as htacccess.txt and then uploaded it on root directory where all the webpages were stored. Its a windows based server....after uploading it I renamed the file using ftp command prompt as .htaccess.

But its not working....the file has just redirection command

Looks like this.....

redirect 301 /product.html http://www.syncex.com/products.htm
redirect 301 /download.html http://www.syncex.com/registration.jsp

we are using windows 2003 and apache 5.0 where site is hosted.

If anyone knows the reason why it aint workin then plz lemme know asap...its very urgent

maxtech

chk out this link :

http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess7.shtml

shveta

thx fr the reply..

but i hav already visited that link....theres no probs in the .htacccess that i hav created for redirection...but even then its not workin...dunno why...

does windows 2003 support .htaccess or not...is there anythin that needs to be done while uploading it on windows server....i hav taken care of name of file as well....it just .htaccess ... no tail extension..

then why aint it workin...why isnt the redirection activated...