IndexIgnore .htaccess

[Wassercrats]

Futurequest doesn't allow .htaccess to be accessed via the web, but I want to make sure it stays that way if I move to a different server. Shouldn't "IndexIgnore .htaccess" in .htaccess work? I tested IndexIgnore on a different file but I can still view the file in IE.

[Jeff]

but I can still view the file in IE.
You can view the file itself (contents) or the file is still listed when enabling a directory listing for that directory and viewing the directory listing? As I understand it IndexIgnore should prevent a specified file from being listed in apache's directory listing (if options +indexes is enabled)

[Wassercrats]

Oh. So what do I do if I want to make sure htaccess can't be loaded by a browser (or editor, etc.)? Password protect it?

[Arthur]

<Files .htaccess>
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files> Is one way.

-Arthur

[Wassercrats]

Yeah, I used that recently and forgot about it. I'll do that and add a comment that says it's not really necessary to do that on Futurequest.