directorymatch

I really need help on this one.

I would like to restrict access to various directorys named "paperwork", anything that matches http://127.1/*paperwork*/*.

I supose I should use:

<directorymatch _?_>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</DirectoryMatch>

But I'm a newbie and I can't find out what is the expression I should use where is the _?_.

Can anyone help me?

SOrry for the lousy english.

Best Regards,
Simao Mata
simao@bliter.com

>> anything that matches http://127.1/*paperwork*/*

You need to redesign your docroot layout. Matching anythingpaperworkanything is very inefficient.

<DirectoryMatch ".*paperwork.*">

>> order deny,allow
>> deny from all

This doesn't do any good and you are denying access to yourself as well.
Try something like this:

<DirectoryMatch ".*paperwork.*">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
Allow from 12.34.56.78 192.168.0.0/24
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Private Paperwork"
AuthUserFile /server/path/to/nondocroot/.htpasswd
Require valid-user
Satisfy any
</DirectoryMatch>

It works fine.
Thanks!

Simao Mata
simao@bliter.com