CCE-27667-5| Platform: apache-httpd2.2 | Date: (C)2013-02-19 (M)2022-10-10 |
The location of the Apache htpasswd file should be set correctly.
Parameter:
(1) directory path
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(1) Directory of htpasswd file
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| CIS Security Configuration Benchmark For Apache Web Server 2.2 Version 3.1.0 June 11th, 2012 | 1.5.10 Restrict Access to .ht* files (Level 1, Scorable)
Also a common name for web password and group files is .htpasswd and .htgroup. Neither of these files should be placed in the document root Page 45 |
