On Sat, 2007-02-10 at 18:16 +0530, ankush grover wrote: > hi friends, > > I have configured a HelpDesk Ticketing System on Fedora Core 5. The > problem I am facing is that there is a file called "site.xml" which > contains the information about database connections and I don't want > ppl to be able to read that file through browser. As per the > readme.htm of that software if the below entries will be put > in .htaccess then nobody can read the xml through browser. > > <Files ~ ".xml"> > Order allow,deny > Deny from all > Satisfy All > </Files> > > > Even though the above entries are there in .htaccess still I am able > to read "site.xml" file. How do I prevent the reading of this file ? > > HelpDesk Ticketing Software is /var/www/html/request and .htaccess is > under /var/www/html/request. > > Please let me know if you need any further information. > > Thanks & Regards > There is a consortium called W3C which deals specifically with HTML and XML standards, and they offer some tools to check code, as well as guides to the uses and syntax. I think you will find your answer there. The URL is:http://www.w3.org Their validator URL is: http://validator.w3.org/ If you are not a native english speaker, these websites are replicated in a number of languages, so please check the left side about 1/2 way down and you can maybe find your native language. Regards, Les H