.htaccess help if you please...

t31os · 18 Apr 2009 at 00:49

Hi all,

Sure you've all read numerous posts about htaccess files, and i was pretty confident i was getting quite handy at them, while doing all sorts on a test install locally...

Then came using the rules on my live site, and bam, no worky...

Here's what won't work specifically, if anyone can point out what could be wrong i'd really appreciate it...

Code:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*\=temp_path.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*\=c_temp.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*//includes/header.php.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*\=(ht|f)tp\:.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

I've tried inside IF module, with and without () brackets, and i'm still stumped why my site is ignoring the conditions...

Local install.... type in.. http://localhost?p=http://www.someremotesite

Forbidden!.. exactly what i want...

Live install .... http://mysite.com?p=http://www. etc...

Reloads the page it's on with the query string still there...

Appreciate some help on this guys...

TIA.

Augmented · 18 Apr 2009 at 03:45

Have you turned it on and off again?

Seriously though, make sure you've got a

Code:

RewriteEngine On

at the top of your rules.

Other than that, you might try a

Code:

RewriteBase /

depending on your hosting setup e.g. your docroot is on an alias, symlink or some such.

t31os · 18 Apr 2009 at 11:18

Yep it's most definately on, since other conds and rules are getting applied, i'll give the rewritebase a shot..

I'm on a TSOHost linux server..

I'll post back with the full htaccess if the base doesn't help...

t31os · 18 Apr 2009 at 11:41

Ok here we go then...

Code:

Options FollowSymlinks

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*\=temp_path.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*\=c_temp.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*//includes/header.php.*$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^.*\=(ht|f)tp\:.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^p=18$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^/index.php$ http://www.t31os.co.uk/wordpress-create-a-tabbed-sidebar/? [R=301,L]

deny from 195.xx.xx.xx
*trimmed*
deny from 72.xx.xx.xx

The redirect works fine, the IP deny works fine, and Wordpress rules work fine...

I don't obviously have access to the httpd conf on this server else i'd have dived in there already...

I don't think there's anything wrong with the above as it works as expected on the local install. I can only assume at this point the problem is related to the server configuration.

I'm no apache / linux expert though so i could be totally overlooking something simple.

Suggestions all welcome here guys!

EDIT:: Checked the access log and it's showing my get request as a 403.... however if a forbidden header is given, should'nt the page in the browser reflect that... ie.

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access etc.....

--- which is what i get when testing locally ---