.htaccess on Linux with CPANEL & WHM
 

Why are all our .htaccess files ignored on this system? What could cause the problem and where can I fix it?

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we have a few servers with cpanel - and .htaccess is working just fine on them...
You can try to ask on Rackshack's cpanel forums:
http://forum.rackshack.net/forumdisp...?s=&forumid=44

they will help you out - normally quite fast (even if you are not a RS client)

http://forum.rackshack.net <-- has the answers and alot of brilliant, howto's !

Are there no Linux gurus here?

Thanks Lill2rich4u2 .... Very mature verbal masturbation...!

bitch

Thanks Bucho and easyjesus ... I Should have used that in the first place. Didn't think about at the time. Thanks a lot though and a very good and prosporus week-end.

Sandra,
Go into cpanel and hit the hotlink protection button if you want to add any domains.

You can also add stuff manually to the .htaccess file in your root post what you have so I can see

plenty of linux guys here im sure - you would need to be a bit more specific in describing your problem though

Okey ... I'll try to describe the problem.

We have moved our sites from one server to a new server.

Let's say that we have this structure.

/public_html/members/.htaccess
Which says where to fetch the .htpasswd file.

The problem is that the the folder just stays open!

Could the problem be found in the httpd.conf for Apache or is it more simple.

Here you go :

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://worldpeace.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.worldpeace.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(jpg|jpeg|gif|png|bmp)$ http://www.worldpeace.com [R,NC]

It .htaccess working on the server at all? or just not working for you in this one directory?

First thing you should do is check your apache configurations and make sure directories are set to allow overrides. If that option is not turned on, apache will only follow directives in the main config file and will ignore and .htaccess files.

try this. type some random garbage in the htaccess. try to surf to the folder. if you don't get a 500 error. your server is ignoring your htaccess.
if this the case, indicate it here and we can go on diagnosing the problem from there or paste your httpd.conf and htaccess and someone here can fix it for you. :)

It doesen't do the trick - Unfortunatly. The .htaccess file is protected from surfers ie. they can't see the file. But it does not do the commands they are supposed to :(

Try adding this to your .htaccess file

AuthPAM Enabled off


or try it with AuthPAM Enabled on

Or maybe mod_auth isn't installed?

Try this one with no brackets
If you have Limit tags in brackets, don't use them...just copy and paste what I typed below. No brackets of any kind!


AuthUserFile /home/path/to/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
AuthName "Member Area"
AuthType Basic


require valid-user

I did try with both AuthPAM Enabled off and on witout luck.
AddModule mod_auth.c is installed.

Could it be somthing with cpanel and some conf file ... maybe httpd.conf for apache?

It still ignores all .htaccess files. The problem probably lies in some config file. I'm not at all a Linux guru - far from..

i know that what I meant was try going to the folder. if apache gets pissy and gives you an error. it means it sees the htaccess file. its just a test to see if it at all is parsing the htaccess file.

I testet that but it didn't work. I got no Internal Server Error - Error 500.

Apache will not do the commands that are written in the .htaccess file.

the you have something in your httpd.conf that says something like

<Directory "/" >
Allowoverride None

</Directory>

see that "none" part thats whats causing the trouble.
make sure its only set for the right directory. if you have a section like the one above change the allowoverride none to Allowoverride Authconfig

that should work. drop a post if it helps or error messages if it doesnt.

Obviously, the apache httpd config file is not configured properly.

( FYI, I run a few sites on a dedicated box with Linux, Cpanel and WHM. Never had to do anything there.


In the httpd, about 1/4 down:

AllowOverride AuthConfig


In the httpd, about 1/3 down, you have to un # this line:

AccessFilename .htaccess

Post more info: dedicated or virtual ( could make a difference).

With a proper htaccess, does the directory request make the login box to pop-up?

Mine was set to Allowoverride Limit and I changed it restarted Apache and it did not help. This is really strange.

It is a dedicated box v/ cpanel and WHM.
AllowOverride AuthConfig
and
AccessFilename .htaccess
are both active

I don't even get a login box. when trying to enter a dir that has .htaccess in it. The .htaccess is though being hidden as it should.

Here is a piece of my Apache's httpd.conf


# This should be changed to whatever you set DocumentRoot to.
#
<Directory "/usr/local/apache/htdocs">
#
# This may also be "None", "All", or any combination of "Indexes",
# "Includes", "FollowSymLinks", "ExecCGI", or "MultiViews".
# Note that "MultiViews" must be named *explicitly* --- "Options All"
# doesn't give it to you.
#
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
#
# This controls which options the .htaccess files in directories can
# override. Can also be "All", or any combination of "Options", "FileInfo",
# "AuthConfig", and "Limit"
#
AllowOverride AuthConfig
#
# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
#
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
#
# UserDir: The name of the directory which is appended onto a user's home
# directory if a ~user request is received.
#
<IfModule mod_userdir.c>
UserDir public_html
</IfModule>
#
# Control access to UserDir directories. The following is an example
# for a site where these directories are restricted to read-only.
#
#<Directory /home/*/public_html>
# AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
# Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec
# <Limit GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
# Order allow,deny
# Allow from all
# </Limit>
# <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS PROPFIND>
# Order deny,allow
# Deny from all
# </LimitExcept>
#</Directory>

#
# DirectoryIndex: Name of the file or files to use as a pre-written HTML
# directory index. Separate multiple entries with spaces.
#
<IfModule mod_dir.c>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.wml index.cgi index.shtml index.jsp index.js index.jp index.php4 index.php3 index.php index.phtml index.htm default.htm default.html home.htm
</IfModule>

#
# AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory
# for access control information.
#
AccessFileName .htaccess

#
# The following lines prevent .htaccess files from being viewed by
# Web clients. Since .htaccess files often contain authorization
# information, access is disallowed for security reasons. Comment
# these lines out if you want Web visitors to see the contents of
# .htaccess files. If you change the AccessFileName directive above,
# be sure to make the corresponding changes here.
#
# Also, folks tend to use names such as .htpasswd for password
# files, so this will protect those as well.
#
<Files ~ "^\.ht">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
Satisfy All
</Files>

kick me but i dont see anything wrong. maybe i am just sleepy....

try with Allowoverride All....
see if that gets any action out of the htaccess

or make a new
<directory> </directory> section for the directory that you are trying to protect and set it to allowoverride authconfig and see how it works out.

I have tried to set

Allowoverride All

but with no luck eighter.

I have also tried it in several directories but it all says the same. No error message and no activity from the .htaccess files.

It is probably some little thing that is eady to solve but not easy to find.

I hope I'll be able to solve it tomorrow.

I agree with Mephisto: your config should work.

One thing tough, it that domain setup as a virtual domain, and if so would you have a conf file overriding the default one?

I will check this in 15 minutes... getting my cat in the garden.

I found the problem under..

<Directory "/home">

AllowOverride None


I changed the
AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All

It works now.

I would like to thank all of you for helping me. I really appriciated it.

Wisht you all a good week-end.

-Sandra

yea sounds like it is a conf file problem. I could be using a custom name for the .htaccess file. you'll have to contact your hosting company themselves!

jDoG

I solved the problem :) It just took some time and I've learned a little more now:)

Sandra hit me on icq 116999839 if you need some help with cpanel

I unfortunately don't use ICQ but you are welcome to tell me why my server dosen't allow .cgi and .pl scripts.

The problem probably lies somwhare in the Apache httpd.conf file but I don't really know where.