[Lvlug] restricting webserver access

[Faber Fedor]

I'm trying to restrict access to a webserver.  Specifically, I only want
access to the root dir (/var/www/html) from 127.0.0.1.  So I go into
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf  and change the entry from this

<Directory "/var/www/html">
...snip...
#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

to this

#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
    Allow from 127.0.0.1

</Directory>

And it doesn't work.  Access is denied from EVERYWHERE, including
127.0.0.1.  

I've tried using SetEnvIf, I've used regexes in the "Allow From", I've
tried .htaccess files, nothing works.

If I comment out the "Deny from all" I can get access (from everywhere,
unfortunately) so I know the changes are being read.

There are no related entries in access_log nor error_log.

WTF?

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