[SOLVED] Protecting txt files

[phpcode]

I want to stop people from viewing txt files using htaccess but I'm getting an internal server error.

 

This is what I put in htaccess:

 

<Files .txt>

order allow,deny

deny from all

</Files>

 

Error log:

 

C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs/.htaccess: order not allowed here

 

[madmax]

Try the following to actually block the files. As always, note when not to use .htaccess files

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/howto/htaccess.html#when

 

httpd.conf

<Filesmatch \.txt$>
order allow,deny
deny from all
</Filesmatch>

 

.htaccess

<Filesmatch \.txt$>
deny from all
</Filesmatch>

 

The directive "order" is, I believe, out of context within "Files" or "FilesMatch" when used in .htaccess

It's context is Directory or .htaccess (file root)

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_access.html#order

 

Useful ref: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/sections.html

[phpcode]

Thanks