Topic: using authentication on a non directory based virtual host

[tripcode]

Hi

I've got a Plone site up and running using SSL through Apache 2.2 on Windows. Took a bit of troubleshooting getting the SSL running but it is all fine now.

My question is this.

I want to use .htpasswd as authentication but it seems everything has to be wrapped in a <Directory></Directory> directive. The plone site doesn't have a directory as it is database backed. If I include the BasicAuth stuff inside the <virtualhost> Apache says it need to be in a <Directory>.

Anyone any ideas here?

Thanks

[pnllan]

It's been awhile since I have played with Plone...

If I remember correctly, it uses Python and Zope...right...to access the database?

So those files are in a folder/directory somewhere...where I'm not sure...it depends on how you installed Plone. Once you know which folders you want to authenticate...you should be able to configure that in Apache with the <Directory> directive.

[tripcode]

Yes, it's all database backed. Each site within Plone doesn't have a directory but an area in the Zope database. I only want to password protect one site just now. I've got virtual hosts set up and SSL. However it seems that htpsswd only works over <directory></directory> and I can't specify a directory for the site as it sits in the Zope database along with the other sites.

[tripcode]

Hi

I have found out that you can do this with <location></location>