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1. amirabbas
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   hi friends

   im using wordpress 2.6
   i want to set password on wp-admin directory through Cpanel by .htaccess and .htpasswd for increasing security of wordpress

   unfortunately it doesn't work. when permalink rewrite rules are active, i can not go to wp-admin directory and i redirect to 404 error page. when i remove the root htaccess file, then i can go to wp-admin directory and i can see the apache login popup window.

   its the rules in my .htaccess root file

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

   thanks in advance

2. amosatlantis
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   hi

   i got the same problem like you.

   when i remove the :

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

   rules than i can access my wp-admin directory. otherwise, it would just bring me to an error page.

3. wpbct7
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Try to add

   Option +FollowSymLinks

   as follows:

   # BEGIN WordPress
   Option +FollowSymLinks
   <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
   ...

4. amosatlantis
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I tried, but get this page called "Internal Server Error"

5. amosatlantis
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   you can visit my blog at http://www.amosatlantis.com/wp-admin/

   it redirects you to a non-exisiting page which i've setup.

   i think wordpress thinks that the /wp-admin directory is a permalink which doesn't exist ?

6. wpbct7
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I've missed the "s" it should be:
   Options +FollowSymLinks

   Sorry.

7. centurion204
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi friends,

   (Sorry for my bad English because I'm French)

   I got the same problem like you.

   I tried to add the line Options +FollowSymLinks in the .htaccess root file but there is no effect : The apache login window doesn't appear.

   I hope somebody could help us

8. tammai
   Member
   Posted 7 months ago #

   Hi, i have same problem like you. After googled I found a tip to fix it. Add ErrorDocument 401 default into .htaccess in wp-admin, it work for me. You can read more in this blog. Good luck! ^_^

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