conflict between RewriteRule and AuthType Basic

m_abdelfattah · #1 (**permalink**) 11-08-09, 05:59 PM

I've 2 .htaccess files, one on the root , and here's the content :

Code:

Options +FollowSymLinks
Options -Indexes
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]

and the other one on "/admin/", and here's the content :

Code:

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Administrator Control Panel"
AuthUserFile "./passwd"
require valid-user

when I visit : http://www.domain.com/admin/
it redirect me to /index.php
and not showing the authentication window !!

when I delete 2nd file which in "/admin/" , I can access http://www.domain.com/admin/
and If I deleted 1st file, the authentication window on http://www.domain.com/admin/ appears !

wirehopper · #2 (**permalink**) 11-09-09, 05:17 PM

You could try: RewriteRule !admin.* /index.php [L]

m_abdelfattah · #3 (**permalink**) 11-09-09, 05:22 PM

Thanks a lot for your reply, but it doesn't work

!

End User · #4 (**permalink**) 11-09-09, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by m_abdelfattah

Thanks a lot for your reply, but it doesn't work

!

I'm not sure, but I think that RewriteCond with -d doesn't find (trigger on) protected directories.

The "RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f" means that if the request is for a file that exists on the server, index.php isn't served. It's possible that the two sets of .htaccess rules are clashing because of these conditions.