.htaccess > What do these contents mean?

[Sitara Lal]

My server seems to have an .htaccess file with these contents:

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# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName www.mysite.com
AuthUserFile /home/me/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/me/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp
Options -Indexes||
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How did this get there? Does FP2003 auto-generate this?

And what do the contents mean?

Can someone perhaps point me to a good resource about .htaccess files?

Thanks

 

[Steve Easton]

That is a standard file on a unix server.
Don't mess with it.


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