.htaccess deny files in subfolders

Question

I want to block access to \"sub/folder/index.php\", but not \"index.php\" anywhere else.

    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
         


        

Answer 1

You can only use file names in sections, not paths.

There are three options I can see;

• Put a .htaccess file in the same folder as the file.
• Put the configuration in apache.conf using a directive and a directive. does not work in .htaccess files, only apache.conf
• Create a rewrite rule using mod_rewrite a'la;

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^sub/folder/index.php$ http://yoursite/index.locked

Will give a 404 on the file, if you want a permission denied, create a read protected file at the pointed to location.