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April 29, 2008

Using .htaccess files easy way

If you have configured .htaccess file in your public_html like this...
cat ~/public_html/private/.htaccess
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /path/to/homedir/public_html/private/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName AnyNameYouLike
require valid-user

... you will have problem to allow guest to read subdir without entering password. Thats why this .htaccess file will help you:
cat ~/public_html/private/guestok/.htaccess
AuthName AnyNameYouLike
Allow from all
Satisfy any

April 6, 2008

Setup Debian Etch on NSLU2 for torrent downloading

Hi, if you don't already have cheap, small, power efficient and silent file server at home, meet NSLU2. This is way of setting up Debian after its installing for more or less torrent downloading.