.htaccess allow localhost problem

Question

Here is the situation...

I have a cron job scheduled to run that is used to backup my database. Because of the way php is installed, I\'m having to use lynx to hit t

Answer 1

Leo's answer solved my issue. This is what I have set up so I can block direct access to images:

   order deny,allow
   deny from all
   Require local
   allow from all

I didn't want to type out the ip, incase the local ip changed later