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How to password protect a directory under MODx?

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    Daedalus Reply #1, 19 years, 7 months ago
    I have a minor problem about .htaccess password protecting directories. Basically, there is MODx installation in "root" of my site (e.g., http://www.mydomain.com/). There is a folder, e.g. mydomain.com/folder/. I passworded /folder/ but whenever I try to access it, it gives me 404 error (not even 403!) called from MODx.

    If I get rid of MODx .htaccess from my root, everything works fine.

    Any ideas how to fix that?
    Thanks.
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      sottwell Reply #2, 19 years, 7 months ago
      Put another .htaccess with the appropriate entries in your /folder/ folder; it will probably need to have rewrite engine off (see the .htaccess file in the /manager/ folder)

      .htaccess files are inherited, so if you need something different in a child folder you need to put one there.
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        Daedalus Reply #3, 19 years, 7 months ago
        Found it! Your method didn’t work, however putting in .htaccess

        ErrorDocument 401 /index.php
        ErrorDocument 403 /index.php

        to the passworded /folder/ helped
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