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Restrict textpattern from processing specific subfolder
I would like to add a subfolder to my html folder for admin type docs. These will be regular HTML so I do not want textpattern to touch them. It seems it does though… all subfolders get processed through PHP.
Any hints?
I will also post a question on the other way of doing this.
robin
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Re: Restrict textpattern from processing specific subfolder
Create a .htaccess file in the subdirectory with the following:
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jm: Strangely that does not work. If I directly type in an URL in the subdirectory I get a 404 message from textpattern itself, indicating it is still handling it.
robin
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My mistake. Some sort of refresh error. It works!
Thank you!
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OK, this is so strange. The files in the subfolder are now definitely not appearing. I have tried on a couple of computers, cleared the cache, etc. Textpattern is trying to render files in the folder despite the rewrite rule.
This is annoying. I have no idea how it showed up ok for a while but no longer.
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Re: Restrict textpattern from processing specific subfolder
Can you post a url or 2?
Last edited by colak (2007-12-14 18:58:34)
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Re: Restrict textpattern from processing specific subfolder
I have narrowed the problem. If I have just this in .htaccess then all is ok:
RewriteEngine Off
But I also need to restrict access, so added:
AuthName “Restricted Area”
AuthType Basic
AuthUserFile /yyyyyy/xxxxxx/.htpasswd
AuthGroupFile /dev/null
require valid-user
This does not work. Textpattern grabs the page somehow and I never see a login prompt.
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iblastoff wrote:
Thanks. For some reason missed that when checking the FAQ.
Have gone to the alternate method that allows Help pages to be written like any other article in their own section.
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#10 2007-12-25 15:26:58
- boblet
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Re: Restrict textpattern from processing specific subfolder
Although it seems like you’re sorted, I thought I’d post a little about the .htaccess file for anyone interested.
Here’s the default TextPattern .htaccess with some descriptive notes on what each rule does:
# uncomment DirectoryIndex if you have an index.html file being loaded instead of TxP's index.php file
#DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
# uncomment FollowSymLinks to allow Apache to follow aliases, for MultiViews etc
#Options +FollowSymLinks
# uncomment -Indexes to prevent Apache from providing directory listings
#Options -Indexes
# check that mod_rewrite is available
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
# turn on rewrite engine
RewriteEngine On
# if installing in a subdirectory, add the path from your web root (public html folder)
#RewriteBase /relative/web/path/
# if the requested url is an existing file OR
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
# if the requested url is an existing directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
# treat the request as is, make available for other directives (Alias etc), but don't process using following RewriteRules
RewriteRule ^(.+) - [PT,L]
# anything else forward to TextPattern's index.php
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php
</IfModule>
# uncomment to make sure PHP is not using register_globals by default (changed in PHP 4.2)
#php_value register_globals 0You shouldn’t need to alter the default .htaccess (ie uncomment the four commented lines etc) in most cases, however…
To exclude a subdirectory from being processed by TextPattern (eg for using MultiViews to do content negotiation) you can add an excluding RewriteCond (where folder_name is the subdirectory you want to exclude) to the second RewriteRule (which does send things to TextPattern’s index.php):
# exclude anything starting with folder_name, regardless of case
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^folder_name.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.phpOr add an including RewriteCond to the first RewriteRule (which doesn’t send things to TextPattern’s index.php):
# include anything that starts with folder_name, regardless of case
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} ^folder_name.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ - [PT,L]Find out more about this stuff from Apache’s mod_rewrite documentation or the Perishable Press stupid .htaccess tricks article.
Hope that helps someone :-)
peace – boblet
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Re: Restrict textpattern from processing specific subfolder
Now that should be a FAQ. Great work.
robin
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#12 2007-12-26 06:39:14
- net-carver
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Re: Restrict textpattern from processing specific subfolder
boblet
Shouldn’t your second example read…
# include anything that starts with folder_name, regardless of case
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} ^folder_name.*$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ - [PT,L]?? (Note the OR in the flags.)
Also, I think your addition will not only match a folder starting with folder_name but (the following examples assume ^list.*$ as the new RewriteCond) …
- any folder starting with
folder_name(ie /list/ , /list-public/ , /list-private/ , /listen/ etc.) and… - any file starting with
folder_name(ie list.php etc) and… - any file or sub-folder of any folder starting with the
folder_name(ie /listening/*.* , /list/private , /list/delete.php etc
That’s a potential security risk. You might want to be much more specific about matching a directory (by including the path markers) and getting rid of the wildcard.
Last edited by net-carver (2007-12-26 15:28:28)
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