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Protect config.php password in public html directory


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soydog

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I've usually installed geeklog with access to a directory ouside of the public html directory. Now I have to install it where I only have access to the public html directory.

How would I protect the config.php so that the sensitive stuff (database/password) can't be seen by others? I think I remember reading somewhere that you can "include" another page with the actual password inside the config.php page...

I don't really know PHP but I can follow directions.

Anyone?
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Dirk

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Assuming the webserver is Apache, the best thing to do in this case is to put anything that's outside of Geeklog's public_html directory into a directory of its own below your site's public_html and then password-protect that directory.

Google for .htaccess and htpasswd ...

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