Apache: return 404 instead of 403 w/ mod_access

apache-2.2

I like the syntax of the Order deny,allow approach to restricting access and I'm trying to avoid mod_rewrite: is there a way I can make unathorized IPs just see a 404 instead of a 403, which is HTTP code for "THERE'S TOP SECRET STUFF HERE STOP LOOKING"?

Thanks.

Best Answer

The 403 page is dependant on Apache serving that html.. you can override it for any <Location> or <Directory> directive simply by using the ErrorDocument directive:

<Directory /web/docs>
ErrorDocument 403 /404-page.html
</Directory>

Etc..http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/core.html#errordocument

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With sudo you can give fine grained elevated access to your users. Write a small script that does exactly what you want your users to be able to do. Set the file permissions on the script so that your users cannot edit it. Then grant your users access to run just the script via sudo. Then add a line like below for each user into the sudoers file with the visudo command

usera ALL = (ALL) /path/to/script

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The script can be as simple as

#!/bin/bash
/usr/sbin/apachectl restart

Make the ownership of the script root:root and the permissions 500.

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