[pmwiki-users] quiet changes to .htaccess

Patrick R. Michaud pmichaud at pobox.com
Thu Jan 31 12:14:05 CST 2008


On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 11:44:11PM +0200, Eemeli Aro wrote:
> For the most part, the only thing PmWiki does to .htaccess files is
> ignore them. There are a few places where it generates a .htaccess
> file if one isn't present, but those just deny web access to a
> directory. PmWiki definitely doesn't generate mod_rewrite rules.

This is correct -- PmWiki doesn't modify existing .htaccess files.
In fact, it rarely has permissions to do so.

Pm


> On Jan 30, 2008 6:53 PM, Sandy <sandy at onebit.ca> wrote:
> > Does PmWiki edit any .htaccess files? If so, how, when, etc.? One of
> > mine was changed, and I don't remember doing it. I'm terrified of
> > breaking .htaccess and stick to the recipes very closely.
> >
> > In this case, the lines are not something PmWiki would have inserted,
> > but if it happens again, I want that extra level of confidence in my
> > voice when I talk to the host's support. He didn't say so, but it's
> > really not his job to fix my mistakes, or debug a program I don't fully
> > understand.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Sandy
> >
> > PS: The lines were:
> >
> > RewriteEngine on
> > RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^websites.onebit.ca$ [OR]
> > RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.websites.onebit.ca$
> > RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /websites [R=301,L]
> >
> > Definitely not something PmWiki would do, and not part of the usual
> > CleanURL instructions. Maybe CPanel when I set the redirect? But I set
> > it the same way I did my other two subdomains. Sigh.
> >
> >
> >
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