Cant access subfolder in the forums dir has .htaccess of its own

[drp]

Hi
I have a folder in my forums directory with an .htaccess file in it which asks for password, AuthType..
When I try to access the folder www.site.com/thefolder it redirects me back to www.site.com

I tried adding RewriteEnginge off to the subfolder aswell as a new conditional to vbseo's htaccess RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !thefolder
Yet nothing helps.

Thanks.

[Keith Cohen]

Strange, because I have password protection using .htaccess on my admincp directory (which is under my forums directory) and I can access it fine (after entering the userid/password).

[Kee]

If we remove the .htaccess file it works fine

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

Hi drp,

please try to set "File not found" handler in your vbseocp to "Send 404 HTTP code" (I guess you have it set to "Redirect to homepage" now)

[drp]

Now it says Page not found

[Keith Cohen]

I have mine set to redirect to the forum home for File Not Found also.

Here's the contents of the .htaccess in my AdminCP directory, if it'll help:

AuthUserFile /usr/www/users/myusername/forums/admincp/.passwd
AuthName     "Protected"
AuthType     Basic
<Limit GET POST PUT>
require valid-user
</Limit>
<Files .passwd>
deny from all
</Files>

[drp]

This is mine:

RewriteEngine Off

AuthType Basic
AuthName "protected area"
AuthUserFile "/home/myuser/.htpasswds/thefolder/passwd"
require valid-user

deny from env=_bad_referer
deny from env=_bad_agent

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

Please check your webserver configuration (httpd.conf): it is possible that you have an "ErrorDocument 401 /path/to/document" directive in it AND the file it refers to ("/path/to/document") does not exists.

[Keith Cohen]

Ah yes, good point. I do have a valid 401 redirect set in my config.

[drp]

Yes!! That was it!
Thanks!

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

Ok, great