HTAccess File For Downlaods

[erichamby]

The HTAccess file in the downloads folder dont seem to work. Users can still access the file by putting in the direct URL to the file.

[Jason Caldwell]

Hi Eric. Thanks for reporting this important issue.

Please try changing your .htaccess file to this:

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order allow,deny
deny from all

If you still have trouble, check your Apache server configuration
to make sure you have these lines in your httpd.conf file for Apache.

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AllowOverride All
AccessFileName .htaccess

Also, please be sure ONE of the following Apache modules are enabled in your server configuration.

mod_access ( for Apache 1.3 - 2.0 )
https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/de/mo ... ccess.html

mod_authz_host ( for Apache 2.1+ )
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mo ... _host.html

If you're on a Windows server running IIS instead of Apache, none of this will help. Windows servers running IIS will need to install a web.config file to replace the .htaccess file normally intended for Linux/Unix based operating systems. See: http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/557/tran ... webconfig/