.htaccess - stupid question :o)

[diddlydazz]

I will be moving a clients site to a host running a windows platform, does .htaccess work the same on Windows ?

probably a stupid question :)

regards

Dazz

[PsychoTekk]

i'm running an apache on windows and everything works fine for me :)

[Duckula]

Using Apache it does. Don't know what happens using IIS.

[diddlydazz]

Thanks,

I will phone the host and ask, I thought it was a stupid question ;)

Dazz

[diddlydazz]

OK,

not such a simple question ;) or maybe it is :)

The host are using IIS 5, is there an equivalent to .htaccess ?? if not are there any techniques that can be used ??

Thanks in advance as always

Dazz

[txbakers]

.htaccess doesn't work on IIS servers. (at least I haven't been able to get it to work)

You would need to do security with ASP or other type of security.

[DaveAtIFG]

An .htaccess is a configuration file used with an Apache server. IIS can do most of the same things that can be managed by an .htaccess but different techniques are used to accomplish them.

A common use of .htaccess is redirecting a visitor's page request to another page. As an example, this page [iisadministrator.com] describes some methods to redirect visitors on IIS.

[diddlydazz]

What about denying access to certain IPs ?

How would I go about that ?

(I have told this client that it is a lot of trouble to move to a Windows platform (changing the shebang line ;)) but they have already paid for the hosting.

All Help Greatly Appreciated

Dazz

[txbakers]

on a windows platform you shouldn't have to replace the shebang line - Windows just ignores it anyway.