Directory Privacy not working

Alexandre Paulo

• January 16, 2023 07:23

Hi everyone, I've just set directory privacy for a few folders, but one of them is not working - I can access the website on it without being asked for username / password. REDACTED Any tips? Thanks!

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • January 16, 2023 16:33

  Hey there! Do you have any customizations to the .htaccess file that could be causing interference with this? As a test, since you shouldn't do this permanently, just rename the .htaccess file to .htaccess.bak so it can't be read by the system, and see if that changes the privacy behavior in any way.

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  Alexandre Paulo

  • January 17, 2023 02:01

  Hey there! Do you have any customizations to the .htaccess file that could be causing interference with this? As a test, since you shouldn't do this permanently, just rename the .htaccess file to .htaccess.bak so it can't be read by the system, and see if that changes the privacy behavior in any way.

  
  Hi! Thanks for the quick reply. Indeed, if I rename .htaccess to .htaccess.bak the directory privacy works as expected. Now... I have a 500+ lines .htaccess file (it's from CMS Joomla plus a bunch of rules written by someone else) - what should I be looking for as the cause of that misbehavior?

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  Alexandre Paulo

  • January 17, 2023 10:06

  Hi! Thanks for the quick reply. Indeed, if I rename .htaccess to .htaccess.bak the directory privacy works as expected. Now... I have a 500+ lines .htaccess file (it's from CMS Joomla plus a bunch of rules written by someone else) - what should I be looking for as the cause of that misbehavior?

  
  SOLVED: did not even try to find the cause... just reset .htaccess to Joomla's default and it's working, now. Thanks for the tip, @cPRex. :)

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • January 17, 2023 14:53

  I'm glad that got you pointed in the right direction!

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