Alan J. Flavell wrote:

> I've just stumbled on a surprise, which I thought I'd put on record,
> and possibly propose a change to the distributed configuration sample.
>
> In the distributed Apache configuration, there's a stanza like this:
>
> <Files ~ "^\.ht">
> Order allow,deny
> Deny from all
> </Files>
>
> which denies web access to .htaccess and, possibly, other sensitive
> files (.htpasswd maybe).

A handler is an alternate way to protect these files without relying on
permissions settings:

AddHandler ignore .htaccess
AddHandler ignore .htgroup
AddHandler ignore .htpasswd
Action ignore /script/error403

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Klaus Johannes Rusch
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