Re: .htaccess files do not show up in web space

Try renaming it before you send it up.  In my ftp program I hit the rename
on the harddrive side and remove the .txt extension before I send it up and
that has always worked for me.

Regards,

Carol Parent
http://www.cbwdesign.com
admin(at)cbwdesign.com

"The only way to amuse some people is to slip and fall on an icy pavement. "


----- Original Message -----
From: "Patty Frazer" <pfrazer(at)flash.net>
To: "HWG Techniques List" <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 1:32 PM
Subject: .htaccess files do not show up in web space


> Hi, List!
>
> I've finally gotten Telnet access and am trying to set up a
> password protected folder for a web site.  I have created my
> .htaccess file and FTP'd it to the web space in that folder in
> ASCII format with the file name htaccess.txt and it shows up.
> Then when I rename the file to .htaccess, it disappears.
>
> Any ideas of what I am doing incorrectly to make this file
> disappear?  The web space is on Apache/Linux/Cobalt RAQ and I am
> using Windows98SE.
>
> Thanks!
> Patty Frazer
> pfrazer(at)flash.net
>
>

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