.htaccess deny from all
.Htaccess.Htaccess Problem Overview
I have copied one of my old applications and renamed it to New_application. I want to access .htaccess file that is inside the New_application folder. When I opened it with my text editor, it just showed "Deny from all
". I tried to open .htaccess in my old application, it showed 'Deny from all
' too. I remember I was able to edit it before but not sure what I can't now. Any thoughts? Thanks a lot.
.Htaccess Solutions
Solution 1 - .Htaccess
Deny from all
is an .htaccess command(the actual content of that file you are trying to view). Not a denial of being able to edit the file. Just reopen the .htaccess file in the text viewer of choice and make the alterations as you so desire, save it, then reupload it to your folder of choice.
Though I think inadvertently you are blocking even yourself from viewing said application once uploaded.
I would do something like:
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from 127.0.0.1
which will deny everyone but the IP in the allow from
line, which you would change the IP to match your IP which you can obtain from http://www.whatismyip.com/ or similar site.
Solution 2 - .Htaccess
This syntax has changed with the newer Apache HTTPd server, please see upgrade to apache 2.4 doc for full details.
2.2 configuration syntax was
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
2.4 configuration now is
Require all denied
Thus, this 2.2 syntax
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from 127.0.0.1
Would ne now written
Require local
Solution 3 - .Htaccess
You can edit it. The content of the file is literally "Deny from all" which is an Apache directive: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_authz_host.html#deny
Solution 4 - .Htaccess
A little alternative to @gasp´s answer is to simply put the actual domain name you are running it from. Docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/upgrading.html
> In the following example, there is no authentication and all hosts in > the example.org domain are allowed access; all other hosts are denied > access.
Apache 2.2 configuration:
Order Deny,Allow
Deny from all
Allow from example.org
Apache 2.4 configuration:
Require host example.org