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How I can enable .htaccess on my ibays?

pabbec

How I can enable .htaccess on my ibays?
« on: April 20, 2006, 05:37:25 PM »
Hi. I'am a webdeveloper. I need to put a htaccess file in some iBays to test my web sites and configure it before upload to production server.

If I place a htaccess file in the html directory of an ibay, Apache appears to ignore this file. I need to activate  some  features as ModRewrite, FollowSymLinks, etc.

I'm using  SME Server 6.0.1-01.

Thanks in advance (and sorry for my english:()    Pablo  Santa Fe - Argentina

Offline warren

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How I can enable .htaccess on my ibays?
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2006, 07:54:25 PM »
Pabec,

See below, I think this is what you are looking for:( Compliments of DMay)

HowTo implement website access security for internal/external users
e-smith release:  4.1.x
Author:  Darrell May
Contributor:  
Problem:  You want to restrict access to your website (or even individual website subdirectories) by forcing an SSL connection and requiring  username/password authentication for internal and external users.

Solution:  Customize /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and implement an encrypted password access file using the htpasswd command.
 

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STEP 1:  Create a custom entry for the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file.
This requires creating a /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf fragment that meets your needs.  So in this example I have created an ibay named test and wish to restrict access to two users.  You need to create the template fragment, expand the template, restart httpd and then create the AuthUserFile.

mkdir -p /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
pico /etc/e-smith/templates-custom/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/86TestSecurity

Copy and paste the section below and save the file.  What we are doing is forcing SSL by using the RequireSSL directive and forcing authorization via the Auth* directives.

# ------------------
# test ibay security
# ------------------
<Directory /home/e-smith/files/ibays/test/html>
RequireSSL on
Options -Indexes
AllowOverride None
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
AuthName "Secure Access Only"
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /etc/httpd/conf/htpasswd.test
Require valid-user
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc on
php_flag track_vars on
</Directory>
# ----------------

Step 2:  Expand the template and restart the httpd service

sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd-e-smith restart

Step 3:  Create the AuthUserFile using the htpasswd command

The first line uses the -c option which creates the file.  The -b option is to inform the command the user password will be included in the command line.  Subsequent commands must not use -c or the file will be overwritten as opposed to be updated.

/usr/bin/htpasswd -cb /etc/httpd/conf/htpasswd.test user1 password1
/usr/bin/htpasswd -b /etc/httpd/conf/htpasswd.test user2 password2

NOTE:  the username/passwords do NOT have to be valid e-smith users.  You may enter any username/password combination, including internal and external users.

To view the results simply look at the file your created.  It includes the usernames entered and their encrypted passwords.

cat /etc/httpd/conf/htpasswd.test
user1:EPd.W.WzPjIGM
user2:o3sO1BuMKHZTQ

Step 4:  Give it a try.

Browsing to https://yourdomain.com/test should bring up a login dialog.  Enter one of the username/passwords entered above and you should gain access to the web page.


Warren

pabbec

How I can enable .htaccess on my ibays?
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2006, 08:12:01 PM »
Thanks Warren for you help.

But I don't need the http autentification in an iBay. I want that Apache read and interpret the .htaccess file that I placed in the document root of each iBays (all iBays).

Thanks.

Pablo

batosai

How I can enable .htaccess on my ibays?
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2006, 05:59:08 PM »
That solution worked for me (on SME7 RC1) :
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# /sbin/e-smith/db accounts setprop <ibayname> AllowOverride All
# /sbin/e-smith/signal-event ibay-modify <ibayname>
# /sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
# service httpd-e-smith sigusr1

Offline russs

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How I can enable .htaccess on my ibays?
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2006, 10:04:11 PM »
This solution should give me what I am looking for, i.e. HTTPS on a single iBay.
But as to the password bit, does anyone know how you would link it to use genuine SME created Users as opposed to a flat list?

Thanks Guys.
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How I can enable .htaccess on my ibays?
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2006, 02:44:44 PM »
russ,

<Directory /home/e-smith/files/ibays/ibaynametouse/html>
RequireSSL on
Options -Indexes
AllowOverride None
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
AuthName "Secure Access Only for system registered users"
AuthType Basic
AuthExternal pwauth
Require valid-user
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc on
php_flag track_vars on
</Directory>
# ----------------

This should allow for " SME only created users" to logon? :lol:

Cheers

Warren

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How I can enable .htaccess on my ibays?
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2006, 05:40:45 PM »
Wow, thanks Warren!

That's really helpful of you, I will try it out when I get back to work tomorrow.

Thanks again

Russ
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Offline Philippe MARTY

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Re: How I can enable .htaccess on my ibays?
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2006, 02:46:00 PM »
Hi Pabec,

For your problem :
Quote from: "pabbec"
If I place a htaccess file in the html directory of an ibay, Apache appears to ignore this file. I need to activate  some  features as ModRewrite, FollowSymLinks, etc.


I think you should search for that contrib : e-smith-htaccess-1.1-2.noarch.rpm

This contrib activates htaccess, which are disabled by default in SMEServer.

Regards
Keep smiling with the sun and singing with the birds
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ryanb006

How I can enable .htaccess on my ibays?
« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2006, 05:56:28 AM »
Or, just enable htaccess on a per-ibay basis by following what batosai said.

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How I can enable .htaccess on my ibays?
« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2006, 02:50:30 PM »
Quote from: "batosai"
That solution worked for me (on SME7 RC1) :
Code: [Select]
# /sbin/e-smith/db accounts setprop <ibayname> AllowOverride All
# /sbin/e-smith/signal-event ibay-modify <ibayname>
# /sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
# service httpd-e-smith sigusr1


This is redundant the ibay-modify will expand the template and restart httpd automatically.  All that is really needed is:
Code: [Select]
# /sbin/e-smith/db accounts setprop <ibayname> AllowOverride All
# /sbin/e-smith/signal-event ibay-modify <ibayname>
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