Thread: htaccess problem (textpattern install)

Hi,

I was trying to install Textpattern onto my site, so I uploaded all the files as instructed, but one of those was a .htaccess file. Now when I goto the site all I get is a 403 Forbidden Error Page. Obviously (In my mind at least) the .htaccess is causing the problems, but I have no idea why.

Code:

# DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
# Options +FollowSymLinks
# RewriteBase /relative/web/path/


RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.+) - [PT,L]

RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php

Thanks in advance for any help

Originally Posted by deano

Hi,

I was trying to install Textpattern onto my site, so I uploaded all the files as instructed, but one of those was a .htaccess file. Now when I goto the site all I get is a 403 Forbidden Error Page. Obviously (In my mind at least) the .htaccess is causing the problems, but I have no idea why.

Code:

# DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
# Options +FollowSymLinks
# RewriteBase /relative/web/path/


RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^(.+) - [PT,L]

RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php

Thanks in advance for any help

Ok, I have messed around a bit and I now have the following htaccess

Code:

DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteBase /home/virtual/site155/fst/var/www/html/textpattern

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
 RewriteRule ^(.+) - [PT,L]
 
 RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php
</IfModule>

Instead of a 403, I now get a 500

Any ideas anyone ?

Fixed now

In case anyone has this problem in future, this is the htaccess I used.

Code:

DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteBase /home/virtual/site155/fst/var/www/html/textpattern

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
 RewriteEngine On
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
 RewriteRule ^(.+) - [PT,L]
 
 RewriteRule ^(.*) /index.php
</IfModule>

All it needed was a / before index.php on the next to last line.

For your rewritebase line you shouldn't really need that path just a relative path of "/textpattern" should be enough as paths are relative to the document root (/var/www/html) of your site. From the path name you typed i suspect your site it not running at high security mode. When the time comes that UH convert all sites to high security that .htaccess file would break unless you use the relative path. Also i believe you would need to change +FollowSymLinks for +SymlinksIfOwnerMatch

Your DirectoryIndex line can safely be removed without any problem as the server wide settings already set that (unless you have overridden it in the .htaccess file of the directory above.

Andy