RE: Head scratcher - child htaccess issue
<[email protected]> Tue, 3 Mar 2026 10:57:12 -0500
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Standard vhost setup on Cpanel for almalinux
Root htaccess:
Options -Indexes=20
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# BEGIN WordPress Multisite
# Using subdomain network type
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule .* - [E=3DHTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
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# add a trailing slash to /wp-admin
RewriteRule ^wp-admin$ wp-admin/ [R=3D301,L]
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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^ - [L]
RewriteRule ^(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress Multisite
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From: Yehuda Katz <[email protected]>=20
Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2026 9:54 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Head scratcher - child htaccess issue
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What is in your root directory .htaccess?
What is in your VirtualHost configuration?
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- Y
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On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 9:25=E2=80=AFAM Bball Scout <[email protected] =
<mailto:[email protected]> > wrote:
Wordpress multisite subdomain setup. I can't for the life of me figure =
out how to force apache to allow a child .htaccess for htpasswd =
authentication in a subdirectory of a WP multisite domain. Ie:
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/ [root WP server with its own .htaccess]
/directory1 [child .htaccess for htpasswd use]
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Any attempt to display a file in /directory1 apache gives a 404.=20
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I've tried rewrites in the parent .htaccess up the creek to no avail.=20
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Love suggestions.
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class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal>Standard vhost setup on Cpanel =
for almalinux<br><br>Root htaccess:<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Options -Indexes <o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal># BEGIN =
WordPress Multisite<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal># Using subdomain =
network type<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><IfModule =
mod_rewrite.c><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>RewriteEngine =
On<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>RewriteRule .* - =
[E=3DHTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>RewriteBase /<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal># add a =
trailing slash to /wp-admin<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>RewriteRule ^wp-admin$ wp-admin/ =
[R=3D301,L]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f =
[OR]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} =
-d<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>RewriteRule ^ - =
[L]<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>RewriteRule =
^(wp-(content|admin|includes).*) $1 [L]<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ $1 [L]<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>RewriteRule . index.php [L]<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal></IfModule><o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal># =
END WordPress Multisite<o:p></o:p></p><p =
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/b><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> =
Yehuda Katz <[email protected]> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 3, =
2026 9:54 AM<br><b>To:</b> [email protected]<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: =
[users@httpd] Head scratcher - child htaccess =
issue<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>What is =
in your root directory .htaccess?<o:p></o:p></p><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>What is in your VirtualHost =
configuration?<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>- =
Y<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>On =
Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 9:25<span =
style=3D'font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>=E2=80=AF</span>AM Bball Scout =
<<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> =
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote =
style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in =
6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'>Wordpress multisite =
subdomain setup. I can't for the life of me figure out how to force =
apache to allow a child .htaccess for htpasswd authentication in a =
subdirectory of a WP multisite domain. =
Ie:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'>/ [root WP server with its =
own .htaccess]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'>/directory1 [child =
.htaccess for htpasswd use]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'>Any attempt to display a =
file in /directory1 apache gives a =
404. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'>I've tried rewrites in the =
parent .htaccess up the creek to no =
avail. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:black'>Love =
suggestions.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></=
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