Doing Apache stuff with Windows
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2002 2:36 pm
Hi guys,
My hosting account is based on Linux and allows .htaccess files for password protection/custom error pages etc. I have developed custom 404 pages and am looking at preventing hot linking to my images as well as future .htaccess functions.
I am using PWS with Win98. My first problem is that Windows will not allow me to name my files .htaccess or anything starting with a period. It says "You must type a filename".
1) Is there any way of sorting the filename name thing out
2) What would I need to enable me to serve these pages.
I cannot keep transfering my files and renaming them on the server and then testing, as I have limited connection time. PWS works well with ASP/Access and PHP/MySQL so I would like to stay with Windows only.
Cheers.
My hosting account is based on Linux and allows .htaccess files for password protection/custom error pages etc. I have developed custom 404 pages and am looking at preventing hot linking to my images as well as future .htaccess functions.
I am using PWS with Win98. My first problem is that Windows will not allow me to name my files .htaccess or anything starting with a period. It says "You must type a filename".
1) Is there any way of sorting the filename name thing out
2) What would I need to enable me to serve these pages.
I cannot keep transfering my files and renaming them on the server and then testing, as I have limited connection time. PWS works well with ASP/Access and PHP/MySQL so I would like to stay with Windows only.
Cheers.