Re-insert .htaccess rules does not work
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When I deactivate and reactivate the plugin, it asks me if I want to re-insert .htaccess rules. Normally, when I click yes, it works. Here is what happens now:
1. I click Yes.
2. I get a message saying rules have been inserted successully.
3. I navigate to any other page on my dashboard.
4. I notice the prompt asking me to re-insert the rules still appears again.
5. No matter how many times I click Yes, the prompt still keeps appearing.
6. In my file manager, I see the rules did not re-insert. So I had to manually cut and paste code from a backup of my .htaccess file. (I hope that is equivalent and I did not mess anything up).
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This is the first time, yes.
The only thing I can think of on my host (Siteground) is that I recently turned on two-factor authentication. I turned it off and the bug is still there.
I found my server log files but they are long and boring and I don’t know what I would be looking for.
I will ask my host for help. Will let you know.
Another symptom: I notice some settings in AIO are off that used to be on. For example, I am fairly certain I had both User Registration Honeypot and also the Basic Firewall turned on. In the backup of my .htaccess file that I made this morning (before deactivating and losing the inserted code), I don’t see anything resembling instructions for the honeypot or the firewall. Maybe I just don’t know what to look for. But the point I am making is that if it is correct behavior to not have these settings represented in the .htaccess file, then perhaps those things got turned off some other way that doesn’t have to do with the .htaccess file? Maybe this is just totally unrelated, but just clutching at straws here.
If it helps, here is my .htaccess file before I deactivated earlier today.
# BEGIN All In One WP Security
#AIOWPS_BLOCK_WP_FILE_ACCESS_START
<Files license.txt>
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all denied
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</IfModule>
</Files>
<Files wp-config-sample.php>
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all denied
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</IfModule>
</Files>
<Files readme.html>
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all denied
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</IfModule>
</Files>
#AIOWPS_BLOCK_WP_FILE_ACCESS_END
#AIOWPS_BASIC_HTACCESS_RULES_START
<Files .htaccess>
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all denied
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</IfModule>
</Files>
ServerSignature Off
LimitRequestBody 10240000
<Files wp-config.php>
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all denied
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</IfModule>
</Files>
#AIOWPS_BASIC_HTACCESS_RULES_END
#AIOWPS_DEBUG_LOG_BLOCK_HTACCESS_RULES_START
<Files debug.log>
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
Require all denied
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</IfModule>
</Files>
#AIOWPS_DEBUG_LOG_BLOCK_HTACCESS_RULES_END
#AIOWPS_PREVENT_IMAGE_HOTLINKS_START
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} \.(gif|jpe?g?|png)$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http(s)?://(.*)?\.earthmedresearch\.org [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpe?g?|png)$ – [F,NC,L]
</IfModule>
#AIOWPS_PREVENT_IMAGE_HOTLINKS_END
# END All In One WP SecurityHi, thank you for getting back to us with the reply from your host. I have submitted a message to the developers to investigate further this issue.
However I have tested this under PHP 5.6x and PHP 7.x and it worked in both tests. I am not sure if this issue has anything to do with the PHP version or a configuration in the server.
Kind regards
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