What does RewriteRule ^.* – [F,L] do? | WordPress.org

navyspitfire
(@navyspitfire)

8 years, 6 months ago

Just like the title states, what does RewriteRule ^.* - [F,L] do in my .htaccess file? It is preventing users from downloading an audio file from my website; well, the users still download the file, but it is 0 bytes, while commenting out that line allows the users to download the full audio file.

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miquelpontes
(@miquelpontesgmailcom)

8 years, 4 months ago

It makes everything forbidden and throws a 403 server response. This method is used in combination with some other RewriteCond directives when you activate “Enable HackRepair.com’s blacklist feature” in the “Banned Users” section.

I had to disable that blacklist feature as it was incompatible with some PHP used in my WordPress theme, preventing loading some files from filesystem due to 403 error.

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