On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:27:28 +0000,
Mark <watson@211bakerstreet.com> posted:

> I have been labouring under the belief that files beginning with a dot
> were hidden from publick view on Unix.

As with *ix, they're hidden from view when listing a directory (i.e. it
won't list dot prefixed file and directory names), but you can still view
the contents of them if you know the file or directory name yourself.

Hiding and denying access are two different things.

> However I find that on my server this is only true for certain files
> such as .htaccess.

There's specific rules for them in the main configuration file. You can
create more rules for other filenames you'd like to deny access to.

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