Frontpage htaccess problems

[redmoon]

Frontpage htaccess problems
Anyone have problems with htaccess file with frontpage when publishing?
Really we have to take down the current one and add a generic empty one to publish frontpage webs, so we don't get log in errors.
After we are done, then we put back the main htaccess file.
Any way around this?
Or is it just how the server is set up?

[jimbeetle]

Try msg # 43 in this recent thread:

[webmasterworld.com...]

[redmoon]

Already read it.
It seems not to apply.
When our full htaccess file is up we receive 302 errors.
We just move the full htaccess file and add the generic FP file back, then publish, then move back the full htaccess file and it all works.

generic fp htaccess

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.?* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName www.example.com
AuthUserFile /home/example/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/example/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp

[jimbeetle]

Well, that's the definitive fix and it does work. There might be another problem of some sort in you .htaccess file.

I'm not much of an .htaccess person, but what I would do is start with the basic FP .htaccess file, add in the fix to that and each of the _vti directory .htaccess files and see if that works. If it does, then start adding one rewrite directive at a time and keep testing.