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The [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/htaccess.html Apache web server documentation] recommends avoiding use of .htaccess files when possible, for both performance and security reasons.

The [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/howto/htaccess.html Apache web server documentation] recommends avoiding use of .htaccess files when possible, for both performance and security reasons.

Various examples are shown in this article, which include how to implement secure authorised access to folders/subfolders in your SME Server ibays.  The default settings in SME Server allow you to secure the ibays using the Information Bay panel in server manager, by creating an ibay password which is used to allow authorised access to the ibay from the Internet, but this does not control access to individual folders.

Various examples are shown in this article, which include basic redirection & rewrite, and how to implement secure authorised access to folders/subfolders in SME Server ibays using different auth methods.   

 

 

Note that a default SME Server server manager panel allows ibay access from the Internet to be secured with a password, (see Information Bay panel). This only controls access to the main ibay folder & does not control access to individual folders or subfolders, so the auth examples given, can allow further control possibilities beyond the default settings available in SME server.

===Using custom templates to configure htaccess requirements===

===Using custom templates to configure htaccess requirements===