htaccess created by whm

[bhills]

I just created a new account in whm. When doing that, it automatically created an .htaccess file, which I never noticed it doing before when I created an account. Normally I just create my own .htaccess file with very little in it. I am wondering if the code in the whm-created .htaccess is really necessary. Or, can I delete it? The code is below:

# -FrontPage-

IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* */_vti*

<Limit GET POST>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from all
</Limit>
<Limit PUT DELETE>
order deny,allow
deny from all
</Limit>
AuthName mydomain.org
AuthUserFile /home/mydomain/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd
AuthGroupFile /home/mydomain/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp

[AndrewT]

This is FrontPage related. I would uninstall FrontPage extensions on the domain if they are not going to be used and then you can remove the code from your .htaccess file.