Title: .htaccess conflict problem
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# .htaccess conflict problem

 *  [catrionac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catrionac/)
 * (@catrionac)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-conflict-problem/)
 * I’m currently running WP 2.0. I have been trying to set up permalinks, and I’m
   running into some problems. I have the index.php and .haccess files for my blog
   in the root directory of my server. All other WordPress files are in a /wordpress/
   subdirectory (and all of that is set up correctly in the Admin Options). I have
   set up permalinks to be: /%category%/%postname%/. The .htaccess file is currently:
   `#
   BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond%{
   REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.
   php </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 * The permalinks work great, and there are no problems with the actual blog. All
   post titles and categories are linking fine.
 * However, when I try to access other subdirectories for my site (completely outside
   of the blog) that already have their own .htaccess files (password protection)
   within their own directories, I am getting 404 errors when trying to access those
   pages. These 404 errors are appearing within the template of my blog, so it’s
   like it’s acting as though those other subdirectories are part of the blog when
   in fact they are not.
 * How do I coordinate multiple .htaccess files in different directories to prevent
   this problem? Please be as exact as possible, as I’m very new at this type of
   thing.
 * Thank you!

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 *  [scaturan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scaturan/)
 * (@scaturan)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-conflict-problem/#post-305169)
 * what’s the location for the WordPress .htaccess file? /.htaccess or /wordpress/.
   htaccess ?
 * also, you might want to refer to this post: [http://www.mikeschepker.com/wordpress/2005/12/wordpress-20/](http://www.mikeschepker.com/wordpress/2005/12/wordpress-20/)
   though i’m not sure if it’s related somehow to the issues you’re having.
 *  Thread Starter [catrionac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catrionac/)
 * (@catrionac)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-conflict-problem/#post-305253)
 * The WordPress .htaccess file is in /.htaccess.
 * I’ve tried renaming the wordpress directory to something different, and I’m still
   getting the same issue. The problem is that my other .htaccess file is inheriting
   rules from the parent file (the WordPress .htaccess file), which is causing 404
   errors. Is there some kind of command to prevent inheriting the root .htaccess
   rules in subdirectories?
 *  [scaturan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scaturan/)
 * (@scaturan)
 * [20 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-conflict-problem/#post-305293)
 * try changing the RewriteBase / to something a more specific directory. using /.
   htaccess will force subdirectories to inherit the defined directives as you’ve
   mentioned. you can try to revert using “RewriteEngine Off” – just keep a lookout
   on this post, i’m pretty sure there more folks out there who would be willing
   to share their knowledge/experience with complex mod_rewrite rulesets.
 *  [ugh_tc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ugh_tc/)
 * (@ugh_tc)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-conflict-problem/#post-305536)
 * I’ve found a fix for this through my hosts help site ([Dreamhost](http://www.dreamhost.com/r.cgi?69227)
   who do one click installs of WP2.0)
 * You have to modify your .htaccess by adding the following before the WordPress
   definition:
 * `<Files .htaccess>
    order allow,deny deny from all </Files>
 * <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}
   ^/directoryname1/(.*)$ [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/directoryname2/(.*)$[
   OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/failed_auth.html$ RewriteRule ^.*$ - [L] </IfModule
   >
 * # BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond%{
   REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.
   php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress
 * The very first bit should be in all your .htaccess files to prevent people from
   viewing the file – after that you have the RewriteCondition defining your extra
   directory, just rename **directoryname1** to whatever your directory is; you 
   can add more or less by using the [OR] condition (this must be at the end of 
   the line otherwise the failed_auth won’t work).
 * I use this to access my password restricted statistics pages, without having 
   to ftp in and rename the .htaccess file temporarily 🙂

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