How to test if an .htaccess file is causing a problem

Question

How do you test if an .htaccess file is causing a problem?

Answer

You can rename the .htaccess file temporarily to disable it, and then reload the site to see if the problem persists with the .htaccess disabled.

Note: You need to replace /home/user/public_html with the directory that contains the .htaccess file in both of the commands provided below.

# mv -v /home/user/public_html/.htaccess /home/user/public_html/htaccess.DISABLED

You can re-enable the .htaccess file at any time by renaming it back:

# mv -v /home/user/public_html/htaccess.DISABLED /home/user/public_html/.htaccess