Title: Error message: Cannot update .htaccess
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Error message: Cannot update .htaccess

 *  [madeulook](https://wordpress.org/support/users/madeulook/)
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 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-message-cannot-update-htaccess/)
 * Cannot update .htaccess
 * The file /home/aspire/public_html/.htaccess cannot be modified by the web server.
   Please correct this using the chmod command or your ftp client.
 * Refresh this page when the file permissions have been modified.
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