Excluding directories?

[escolar]

Hello,

In the skip options I'm using an entry like this "/newsite" which contains an .htaccess file to restrict logins.

When running the indexer it still appears to find those files as running a search prompts for the login credentials.

In the meantime I've set the access to 000 to prevent the directory from being read.

Where am I going astray?

Thank you.

[David]

Have a look in the Zoom log to see what was skipped and what was indexed.

If you have /newsite in the Zoom page and folder skip list, then I think it is extremely unlikely that any URL with /newsite as part of the URL is indexed.

If you still have a problem can you send us your Zoom configuration file and your log file.

[escolar]

Thanks David I've sent both files.

[escolar]

Did you receive them?

[David]

No. What E-mail address did you use. I assume the log from was under 10MB?

[escolar]

Yes under 10MB.

Originally sent to zoom@ and now have resent to zoom@ and info@wrensoft.com.

[David]

Got the log.

So I see this in the log,
16:09:54 - [SKIPPED] Skipping http://www.yoursite.com/newsite/Attachments/utilities/UtilitySheet-PortOrchard.pdf (Blocked by page skip list)

I looked through the log and all URLs that are in the /newsite/ folder are skipped. As expected.

I don't see any problem.

What page or document in the /newsite/ folder are you claiming is being indexed?

[escolar]

Appears to be a .htaccess file or some related as every time I index the site with /newsite perms of 755 doing a search calls the login action.

Setting /newsite to 000 and indexing and then searching doesn't.

[David]

If you are doing a search and getting a login prompt before any results are displayed, then this is a server side configuration issue.

Adding or removing folders from the skip list, or any other change you make as part of the indexing process isn't going to fix this.

[escolar]

If you are doing a search and getting a login prompt before any results are displayed, then this is a server side configuration issue.

But not when the directory (which contains the .htaccess) is 000 and reindexed.

I give up.

[David]

If you are stuck configuring your server, we can offer consulting services to fix it up. We would of course need access to your server. Contact us if you are interested.