I want to block a file config.json from access, so I put .htaccess file like this:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule config.json - [F]
In directory ~/projects/bush but when I access localhost/projects/bush/config.json I still see the content of the file, what wrongs here?
Check the web server's configuration (httpd.conf) for AllowOverride None as it disables reading of .htaccess for the directories it applies to. It is often done to increase performance.
try:
RewriteRule ^/?config\.json$ - [F,L]
This probably will work.
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Working with .htacess file has always been a very frustrating experience for me. Someone please help.
This is what I want to achieve:
I am running Ubuntu 14.04.
Redirect my entire site (example.com) to a maintenance.html page.
Block everybody else except one IP, for example, I need to allow only 123.456.789.0
Here are my files:
Location of my index.html is /var/www/html
Location of my maintenance.html is /var/www/html
Location of my .htaccess file is /var/www/html
Contents of My .htaccess file:
#Rewrite to www
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com[nc]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [r=301,nc]
#301 Redirect Old File
Redirect 301 /index.html /maintenance.html
#Block users by IP
order allow,deny
deny from all
allow from 123.456.789.0
Please help me understand:
Is the location of each of the above files right? In what cases, the
page ends up in 500 internal server error?
What changes should I make in
/etc/apache2/apache.conf
/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf OR
/etc/apache2/sites-available/000-default.conf
Is is necessary to run a2enmod rewrite?
Should I add <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> and </IfModule> as header and footer in any of the above config files?
Sorry for too many questions, but I really want know it all this time.
Thanks in advance.
Is the location of each of the above files right? In what cases, the
page ends up in 500 internal server error?
A "500 Internal Server Error" message means there's an error and you're expected to check the server logs for the exact details. Apache will not display the error message to be seen by everyone.
What changes should I make
It depends on what the problem is. If the problem is "500 Internal Server Error" that means that we still don't know what the problem is.
Is is necessary to run a2enmod rewrite?
That command enables mod_rewrite. You need to enable it if it isn't enabled. You don't need to enable it if it's already enabled.
It's worth noting that this command is not part of official Apache distribution. Some Linux distros (namely Debian and derivatives) change third-party packages to match their configuration preferences, as in this case.
Should I add <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> and </IfModule> as header
and footer in any of the above config files?
As documentation explains, this block can be used to ignore directives when a given module is not installed. This can be useful for configuration templates to be distributed and optional features. In your case, it'll silently ignore your code if mod_rewrite is not available—you don't want that.
Last but not least:
order allow,deny
deny from all
allow from 123.456.789.0
... belongs to the old (and really hard to understand) Apache/2.2 syntax. If you are using Apache/2.4* you may want to try Require.
(*) Some distros hate bundling recent software but 2.4 has been around for several years
Thanks to #OlafDietsche and #ÁlvaroGonzález for this quick help. I am keeping their suggestions here so somebody like me will find it useful.
The problem is with my goals, not with the syntax. With their comments and answers, I came to know that my 2 goals were mutually contradicting ones.
I configured .htaccess to do both page-redirection and IP block. But if I am blocking (almost) everybody from accessing the site, page redirection makes no sense.
The required configuration in .htaccess is:
#Rewrite to www
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^example.com[nc]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/$1 [r=301,nc]
#301 Redirect Old File
Redirect 301 /index.html /maintenance.html
I have a HTML file that is full of IP addresses from a PHP script that logs all IP's of vistiots. The only thing is that I don't want people to be able to go to
https:// mydomain.us/ips.html to see all of the IP's logged. What are my options to hide this ONE file.
I read all of these things with a code you put in your .htaccess, but none of them worked!
All I need is a way to hide this HTML file!
Sorry if this a bad question also, I'm really new to all of this :P
PHP Script:
(Used to write to the HTML File)
http://pastebin.com/jKDHeArb
Final Output (ips.html)
http://imgur.com/VWPmuSt
I suggest you put this page in a folder, and protect it with a password. There are many examples here or on the Internet.
But like you do not really want to block the page, but just to hide, You can do this by adding a code at the end of link. With this root .htaccess:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !^c=pass$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ips\.html$ - [NC,F,L]
After it's possible to visit the page only with the following https link:
https:// mydomain.us/ips.html?c=pass
You can do the same in the php code.
you can add this to either an .htaccess or your Vhost
<Files ~ "ips.html">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
</Files>
I am struggling to get my head around an htaccess rule to redirect requests for an html file to go to a custom post. I have looked on here and in other places and nearly got there.
I want to redirect ONLY mydomain.com/profiles/.html to mydomain.com/name_profile/
So mydomain.com/profiles/smith.html to mydomain.com/name_profiles/smith. There are some 900 html files to be redirected and they are all contained in this directory. Other html files in the domain I need to leave correctly associated.
I currently have
RedirectMatch 301 ^/([^/]+)/([^/.]+)\.html$ /$1/$2/
RedirectMatch 301 ^/([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/.]+)\.html$ /$1/$2/$3/
But this redirects all html pages not just the ones in the profiles directory.
I am new at htaccess and have found several tutorials but none at a level I can understand, so any help is most welcome.
Place this rule just below RewriteEngine On line:
RewriteRule ^profiles/([^.]+)\.html$ /name_profiles/$1 [L,NC,R=301]
Use this rule:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^profiles/([^.]+)\.html/? name_profiles/$1 [DPI,L,R]
Or better, remove your RewriteMatch rules and replace with this:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/.]+)\.html/? $1/$2 [DPI,L,R]
RewriteRule ^([^/]+)/([^/]+)/([^/.]+)\.html/? $1/$2/$3 [DPI,L,R]
This assumes that mod_rewrite is both installed and activated for htaccess files.
If you are not sure, to check if mod_rewrite is installed, look at the list of installed modules in the output of phpinfo();
By default, mod_rewrite is not enabled for htaccess files. If you are managing your own server, open httpd.conf
and make sure that the webroot directory block contains one of these lines: AllowOverride FileInfo or AllowOverride All
When I access my website using localhost/myfiles/index.html, my index file opens fine but if I want to click on the other pages/buttons, it doesn't work. The only way to open the other pages is if I do it manually by using localhost/myfiles/news.html and then only that pages works so I can't basically navigate my way around the website.
I had my website online yesterday and I know it works because I used it. I plan on making changes to my website and I need to be able to test them offline before I upload them to my online server. I just want to be able to navigate my site offline using XAMPP the same way that I would if it was uploaded on GoDaddy.
EDIT:
This is my .htaccess file
RewriteBase /
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.html
Any suggestions ?
Seems you have .htaccess at your root and its not working properly.
in httpd-vhosts.conf
<Directory "PATH TO YOUR PROJECT ROOT">
Options Indexes MultiViews FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
Or update your .htaccess file
Without seeing your system it's hard to tell what's wrong but try the following (comment answer if these didn't work WITH log error messages)
[STOP your Apache server instance. Ensure it's not running!]
1) move apache server/install to a folder that has no long file names and spaces
2) check httpd.conf in install\conf folder and look for AccessFileName. If it's .htaccess change it to a file name windows accepts (e.g. conf.htaccess)
3) double-check that your htaccess file gets read: add some uninterpretable garbage to it and start server: you should get an Error 500. If you don't, file is not getting read, re-visit httpd.conf file (if that looks OK, check if this is the only file which defines htaccess and it's location and it does at one place -within the file- only; also check if both httpd.conf and htaccess files are accessible: not encrypted, file access rights are not limited, drive/path available -and no long folder path and file names-)
STOP Apache again, then go on:
4) If you have IIS too on your system, stop it (uninstall it too if you can) from services.msc
5) Add the following to the top of your valid htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteLog "/path/logs/rewrite.log" #make sure path is there!
RewriteLogLevel 9
6) Empty your [apache]\logs folder (if you use another folder, then that one :)
7) Check the following entries are set and correct:
Action application/x-httpd-php "c:/your-php5-path/php-cgi.exe"
LoadModule php5_module "c:/your-php5-path/php5apache2.dll"
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
Avoid long path names and spaces in folder names for phpX install too!
8) START apache server
You can do all the steps above or go one-by-one, your call. But at the end of the day make sure you tried everything above!
If system still blows up and you can't fix it, copy&paste error message(s) from log folder for further assistance
Is there a simple way to remove the .html from a URL namespace? For example, if I have www.mywebsite.com/special.html how can I make this www.mywebsite.com/special
Again, I'm using Apache on an Amazon EC2 instance. Thanks in advance!
Put this in your .htaccess file:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(.+)\.html$ /$1
Make sure that mod_rewrite is installed and AllowOverride includes FileInfo.
Edit on how to get mod_rewrite working:
Usually, mod_rewrite already comes with apache, but sometimes needs to be enabled by the command
a2enmod rewrite
The AllowOverride directive sets permissions for .htaccess files. For mod_rewrite, FileInfo is required. To set this, change in your apache config file (usually /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf) the line
AllowOverride None
to
AllowOverride FileInfo
or
AllowOverride All
Make a directory named special and put an index.html inside of it with the markup from special.html.