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protect folder with .htaccess -> Page not Found

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    mb07 Reply #1, 18 years, 8 months ago
    Hi everyone,

    I am running MODx 0.9.6.1 with SEO friendly URL’s enabled am having trouble protecting the awstats directory on my server.

    I have this code in the .htaccess file in the MODx root dir:
    RewriteEngine On
RewriteOptions Inherit
RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA,NC]


    and in my awstats directory which is in the root, I have this code in the .htaccess file:
    Options +ExecCGI
DirectoryIndex awstats.pl

#------ Start protect
AuthType basic
AuthName "Stats"
AuthUserFile /home/serveralias/domains/domainname.com/public_html/awstats/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
Require valid-user
#------ End protect


    Entering the URL: http:www.domainname.com/awstats/ --> If I take out the code between the ’Start protect’ and ’End protect’ comments, the stats load fine, but if I add the code I get a 404 MODx page.

    Does anyone have any ideas? huh
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      ZAP Reply #2, 18 years, 8 months ago
      Quote from: ganeshXL at Feb 07, 2008, 11:58 AM

      I think you should add
      RewriteEngine Off
      to your awstats .htaccess
      That sounds right to me also. The way that you have it now, it would probably work if you specifically loaded awstats.pl, but it’s trying to use the rewrite rules from the root directory so it isn’t finding the page based on those. You’ll find a similar .htacess file in your manager subdirectory that allows that to work properly as well.
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        mb07 Reply #3, 18 years, 8 months ago
        I tried adding the RewriteEngine Off to the .htaccess file in the /awstats/ directory, but it had no effect.

        If I remove the RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA,NC] line from the .htaccess file in the webroot everything works fine, except the SEO friendly URL’s of course.
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          mb07 Reply #4, 18 years, 8 months ago
          I tried again but no luck huh
          I think it has to do with the request for the .htpasswd file ?
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            sottwell Reply #5, 18 years, 8 months ago
            Check your webserver error log to see exactly what’s being requested.
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