If i secure magmi will my scripts on the server still be able to access it?

Question

I recently discovered that my magmi ui in magento is not secured. I found instructions on securing it but I need to ensure that my scripts can still access it when I secure it. Can anyone help me with this?

Answer 1

Htaccess security only prevents directory-level access to external requests via Apache. In that case, it is still possible to read/write to the directory from other scripts.

A good example of this from Magento is that the var directory has a standalone .htaccess:

$ cat var/.htaccess 
Order deny,allow
Deny from all

The directory can be written to from the application, but cannot be read, indexed or otherwise traversed via the web interface.