Re: SV: [cobalt-security] no longer need password

[Michael Stauber <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kai,

> One of the webmasters that did have such protection have tried several 
> times to make new ones but the server don?t react at all and is letting 
> people in like there was no .htaccess file located there.

Then I assume the syntax of the .htaccess file he created is wrong. I just 
had the same with a server where formmail.pl V1.6 was installed and was being 
abused by Spammers. The webmaster had put a .htaccess file in there, but it 
still allowed access to /cgi-bin/formmail.pl because the syntax was taken 
right from a sample Frontpage .htaccess file.

> But then on a few sites there is business as nothing wrong, and the same
> metod .htacess files works fine.

Is Frontpage enable on the sites with the .htaccess problems? And is it 
disabled on those where .htaccess works? ;o)

> Thanks for the advise but you did installed this on 2 of my servers last
> month..hehe *S* 

Hehehe ... did I mention that it is my favorite tool? ;o)

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With best regards,

Michael Stauber
mstauber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Unix/Linux Support Engineer