Index: .htaccess.txt
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--- .htaccess.txt	(revision 1594)
+++ .htaccess.txt	(working copy)
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 # bin/.htaccess.txt
 #
-# Controls access to TWiki scripts - rename this to '.htaccess' to make
-# Apache use it.
+# Controls access to TWiki scripts - to make Apache use it, rename this
+# file to '.htaccess' and REPLACE THE FOLLOWING STRINGS WITH PATHS
+# SPECIFIC TO YOUR INSTALLATION:
+#
+# !FILE_path_to_TWiki!
+#    This is the absolute path to the directory where
+#    you installed TWiki (where you unzipped the installation). The first
+#    part should match the $dataDir setting in TWiki.cfg
+# !URL_path_to_TWiki!
+#    This is the URL path you put into the webserver for users to use to
+#    access TWiki.
+#
 
 # Use CGI & Perl to handle all files in 'bin' directory, i.e. run as scripts
 # - this should remove the need to rename files to end in '.pl' etc,
@@ -10,23 +20,21 @@
 
 # Password file for TWiki users
 #
-# The paths here must be a system file pathname, not a URL - first part should 
-# match the $dataDir setting in TWiki.cfg
 
 # Authentication type (htpasswd file) (comment out this if you configure htpasswd / LDAP support)
-AuthUserFile /filepath/to/TWiki/data/.htpasswd
+AuthUserFile !FILE_path_to_TWiki!/data/.htpasswd
 AuthName 'Enter your WikiName: (First name and last name, no space, no dots, capitalized, e.g. JohnSmith). Cancel to register if you do not have one.'
 AuthType Basic
 
 #for htdigest password suport uncomment the following
-#AuthDigestDomain /urlpath/to/twiki/bin/viewauth /urlpath/to/twiki/bin/edit /urlpath/to/twiki/bin/preview /urlpath/to/twiki/bin/save /urlpath/to/twiki/bin/attach /urlpath/to/twiki/bin/upload /urlpath/to/twiki/bin/rename /urlpath/to/twiki/bin/manage /urlpath/to/twiki/bin/installpasswd /urlpath/to/twiki/bin/passwd
-#AuthDigestFile /filepath/to/TWiki/data/.htdigest
+#AuthDigestDomain !URL_path_to_TWiki!/bin/viewauth !URL_path_to_TWiki!/bin/edit !URL_path_to_TWiki!/bin/preview !URL_path_to_TWiki!/bin/save !URL_path_to_TWiki!/bin/attach !URL_path_to_TWiki!/bin/upload !URL_path_to_TWiki!/bin/rename !URL_path_to_TWiki!/bin/manage !URL_path_to_TWiki!/bin/installpasswd !URL_path_to_TWiki!/bin/passwd
+#AuthDigestFile !FILE_path_to_TWiki!/data/.htdigest
 # For "Digest" authentication to work properly, this string must match
 # the value of configuration variable $authRealm
 #AuthName 'Enter your WikiName. (First name and last name, no space, no dots, capitalized, e.g. JohnSmith). Cancel to register if you do not have one.'
 #AuthType Digest
 
-#for LDAP password support uncomment the following (and fix up the paths
+#for LDAP password support uncomment the following (and fix up the paths)
 #AuthLDAPURL ldap://yourldapserver/dc=yourldapserver,dc=com?uid?sub?(objectClass=posixAccount)
 #AuthLDAPGroupAttribute memberUid
 #AuthLDAPGroupAttributeIsDN off
@@ -39,7 +47,7 @@
 # File to return on access control error (e.g. wrong password)
 # The path here must be a URL path, not a file pathname - first part should 
 # match the $scriptUrlPath in TWiki.cfg
-ErrorDocument 401 /urlpath/to/twiki/bin/oops/TWiki/TWikiRegistration?template=oopsauth
+ErrorDocument 401 !URL_path_to_TWiki!/bin/oops/TWiki/TWikiRegistration?template=oopsauth
 
 <Files ~ "[^/]*\.html$">
        SetHandler blabla