mehatespam1085@yahoo.com wrote:
> Perhaps I'm being imprecise: I know that subfolders in a folder with an
> .htacess file inherit its directives. This is not the case with what
> I'm talking about: here the folders in question exist on the same level
> - one isn't inside the other, so:
>
> root
> |
> __
> | |
> dev pub
>
> ...and the .htaccess file in 'dev' is prompting people accessing the
> 'pub' directory for a password. I don't think this is supposed to
> happen, and I don't know why.
>
> Anybody? Anybody...?
>

Just a wild guess, but are there any symbolic links around that could
mean that your directory tree actually looks different to that above?


DS