Password Protected admincp + vBSEO = Forum Home

[Ace Shattock]

Hey guys,

I have just password protected my adminCP directory and am finding that it wont even pop the prompt, rather it redirects me to the forum home.

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.nzboards\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.nzboards.com/forums/$1 [R=301,L]
# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums)
RewriteBase /forums
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} (admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1 [L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

RewriteRule ^(archive/.*)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

AuthType Basic

AuthName "Administration Section"

AuthUserFile "/home/***/.htpasswds/forums/admincp/passwd"


require valid-user

Any ideas?

[Mert Gökçeimam]

This is what i have in my admincp .htaccess

#require valid-user

AuthType Basic

AuthName "Gizli Bölge"

AuthUserFile "/home/*****/.htpasswds/admincp/passwd"


require valid-user

Also i dont have my admincp rewritten.

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

Hello Ace,

please check your httpd.conf for the custom error handlers directives, like:

ErrorDocument 401 /path/to/file1.html
ErrorDocument 403 /path/to/file2.html
ErrorDocument 404 /path/to/file3.html

and make sure that all files file1(2,3).html are existing at your server.

[Ace Shattock]

I'm on Shared hosting.. don't think I have access to that.

Or do I?

[Ace Shattock]

And I dont have any custom error pages defined in /.htaccess

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

I'm on Shared hosting.. don't think I have access to that.

Or do I?

It depends on the hosting platform, but in any case you can find this information out from your hosting support.
The issue you reported is most likely related to this.

And I dont have any custom error pages defined in /.htaccess

Yes, it is usually defined in httpd.conf.

[Ace Shattock]

Is there something "wrong" with using it in .htaccess as provided by cPanel?

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

.htaccess content is fine - you should not change it. Just make sure that all files configured for custom error handling are existing.

[Ace Shattock]

Thing is, I don't think I have any. None defined in .htaccess, and I doubt my host would have slipped in some incorrect ones to httpd.conf.

Waiting on confimration of this from him now.

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

Ok, let me know what you get from your host.
These directives (ErrorDocument) are correct, but you should just create the files specified.

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

One more note, please try to add the following at the top of your .htaccess:

ErrorDocument 401 default
ErrorDocument 403 default
 ErrorDocument 404 default

[Ace Shattock]

OK.. this is now happening with my "testvb" instance.

I can't password protect it because if I do, I can't also turn off the vBSEO rewrites that are being passed down from the .htaccess in root (for my vBA portal).

Here's that .htaccess (remembering it is in root - forums are in /forums and I want to NOT have vBSEO rewriting on /testvb) .. what do I need to add to make /testvb unaffected?

# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^(sitemap.*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.nzboards\.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.nzboards.com/$1 [L,R=301]
# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums)
RewriteBase /forums

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !upload/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !forums/
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ forums/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&vbseorelpath=../&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !forums/
RewriteRule ^(.*.php)$ forums/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&vbseorelpath=../&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

Please try to modify your .htaccess
FIND:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !forums/

ADD BELOW:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !testvb/