mod_rewrite statements in .htaccess??

[turnbui]

Hello everyone,
I'm in need of some help. In the documentation it says that the Rules for the mod_rewrite module can be put into the .htaccess file. Does this mean that one has to have authentication on? Or am I mistaken in that .htaccess is NOT purely for authentication purposes?

Is there another file where the Rules can be placed?

Forgive my ignorance and thanks for any help.

Ian t

 

[smah]

Rewrite rules can also placed in the main httpd.conf file or within any directory or virtualhost containers. But no, .htaccess are not only for authentication.

.htaccess files provide a way to make configuration changes on a per-directory basis

This includes many possible configuration changes

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/htaccess.html

 

[turnbui]

Thank you. That clears up a few other things as well. Nice one.