Title: .htaccess not writable
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# .htaccess not writable

 *  [Dan Griffiths](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghost1227/)
 * (@ghost1227)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-not-writable/)
 * I’ve installed this on a multisite network, and am attempting to secure the primary
   site. For the most part I’ve had no problems, but when I try to secure .htaccess
   it says ‘Warning: Better WP Security cannot write to your .htaccess file. You
   must fix this error before continuing.’ However, when I try to update htaccess
   from the standard WP settings, it works fine.

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 *  Thread Starter [Dan Griffiths](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ghost1227/)
 * (@ghost1227)
 * [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-not-writable/#post-2235126)
 * Same problem for wp-config.php… Both .htaccess and wp-config.php are currently
   set to 666

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-not-writable/#post-2235126)
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