auth basic no prompt, causing infinite loading of pages

par_sebastien

• July 04, 2019 11:28

Hi, I've tried setting up authentication to limit attacks to wp-login.php for WordPress sites. When I do, there is no prompt and the pages/directories keep loading infinitely. These are the directives I put in /home/.htaccess: ErrorDocument 401 "Unauthorized Access" ErrorDocument 403 "Forbidden" AuthName "Restricted" AuthType Basic AuthBasicProvider file AuthUserFile /home/.htpasswd require valid-user
I've also tried using the Directory Privacy tool with the same result.

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  nixuser

  • July 04, 2019 17:47

  What does the apache error log say? Try adding this line to the htaccess, after the ErrorDocument lines. RewriteEngine off

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  par_sebastien

  • July 05, 2019 12:26

  Try adding this line to the htaccess, after the ErrorDocument lines. RewriteEngine off

  
  Hmmm.... This did work. Maybe some rewrite rule was overriding the authentication process somehow?

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  nixuser

  • July 05, 2019 13:24

  Hmmm.... This did work. Maybe some rewrite rule was overriding the authentication process somehow?

  
  The problem is that accessing protected content makes Apache send a 401 header. I encountered this problem in a software install a while back and turning off mod_rewrite after the errordocument lines did the trick for me. More details can be found if you search wordpress forums.

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  cPanelLauren

  • July 05, 2019 21:07

  Thanks @nixuser and @par_sebastien let us know if those suggestions help

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