Re: Head scratcher - child htaccess issue

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What is in your root directory .htaccess?
What is in your VirtualHost configuration?

- Y

On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 9:25=E2=80=AFAM Bball Scout <[email protected]> wrot=
e:

> Wordpress multisite subdomain setup. I can't for the life of me figure ou=
t
> how to force apache to allow a child .htaccess for htpasswd authenticatio=
n
> in a subdirectory of a WP multisite domain. Ie:
>
> / [root WP server with its own .htaccess]
> /directory1 [child .htaccess for htpasswd use]
>
> Any attempt to display a file in /directory1 apache gives a 404.
>
> I've tried rewrites in the parent .htaccess up the creek to no avail.
>
> Love suggestions.
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">What is in your root directory .htaccess?<div>What is in y=
our VirtualHost configuration?<br><div><div><br></div><div>- Y</div></div><=
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"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 9:25=E2=80=AFAM Bball Sco=
ut &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote=
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Wordpress multisite subdomain setup. I can&#39;t for the life of me figure =
out how to force apache to allow a child .htaccess for htpasswd authenticat=
ion in a subdirectory of a WP multisite domain. Ie:</div>
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/ [root WP server with its own .htaccess]</div>
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I&#39;ve tried rewrites in the parent .htaccess up the creek to no avail.=
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Love suggestions.</div>
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