#Prevent access to scripts dir
RewriteRule ^Scripts - [F,L,NC]

I'm trying to prevent access to several dirs using stuff like whats above.
THe problem is that no matter what I do, even if I specifically tell rewrite
not to allow text files it still does.

the file I'm trying to prevent is

/Scripts/links.txt

and if I use the rule

RewriteRule ^/?Scripts/links.txt - [F,L,NC]

Then it still gives access. Seem to me that mod rewrite does not in any way
pass long uri's that are to text files? If I change everythign to php or
some other ext then it works fine.

Thanks,
Jon

On May 9, 2:53 pm, "Jon Slaughter" <Jon_Slaugh...@Hotmail.com> wrote:
> #Prevent access to scripts dir
> RewriteRule ^Scripts - [F,L,NC]
>
> I'm trying to prevent access to several dirs using stuff like whats above.
> THe problem is that no matter what I do, even if I specifically tell rewrite
> not to allow text files it still does.
>
> the file I'm trying to prevent is
>
> /Scripts/links.txt
>
> and if I use the rule
>
> RewriteRule ^/?Scripts/links.txt - [F,L,NC]
>
> Then it still gives access. Seem to me that mod rewrite does not in any way
> pass long uri's that are to text files? If I change everythign to php or
> some other ext then it works fine.
>
> Thanks,
> Jon

I would use
RewriteRule \.txt$ - [F,L,NC]
and rewrite doesnt care what mimetype the files are.

but you know you could use
<FilesMatch \.txt$>
Order allow,deny
</FilesMatch>

On May 9, 9:53 am, "Jon Slaughter" <Jon_Slaugh...@Hotmail.com> wrote:
> #Prevent access to scripts dir
> RewriteRule ^Scripts - [F,L,NC]
>
> I'm trying to prevent access to several dirs using stuff like whats above.
> THe problem is that no matter what I do, even if I specifically tell rewrite
> not to allow text files it still does.
>
> the file I'm trying to prevent is
>
> /Scripts/links.txt
>
> and if I use the rule
>
> RewriteRule ^/?Scripts/links.txt - [F,L,NC]
>
> Then it still gives access. Seem to me that mod rewrite does not in any way
> pass long uri's that are to text files? If I change everythign to php or
> some other ext then it works fine.

As always with mod_rewrite, you need to use the RewriteLog to see why
your rules are not being matched. Perhaps they are not in the right
part of the config file?

On May 9, 4:50 pm, Joshua Slive <jsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 9, 9:53 am, "Jon Slaughter" <Jon_Slaugh...@Hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > #Prevent access to scripts dir
> > RewriteRule ^Scripts - [F,L,NC]
>
> > I'm trying to prevent access to several dirs using stuff like whats above.
> > THe problem is that no matter what I do, even if I specifically tell rewrite
> > not to allow text files it still does.
>
> > the file I'm trying to prevent is
>
> > /Scripts/links.txt
>
> > and if I use the rule
>
> > RewriteRule ^/?Scripts/links.txt - [F,L,NC]
>
> > Then it still gives access. Seem to me that mod rewrite does not in any way
> > pass long uri's that are to text files? If I change everythign to php or
> > some other ext then it works fine.
>
> As always with mod_rewrite, you need to use the RewriteLog to see why
> your rules are not being matched. Perhaps they are not in the right
> part of the config file?

joshuas right of course, set it to
ReWriteLevel 9
while youre at it.
You could just be chaining the rule with another that specifies things
ending in .php

"shimmyshack" <matt.farey@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1178729727.580774.4120@l77g2000hsb.googlegrou ps.com...
> On May 9, 4:50 pm, Joshua Slive <jsl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On May 9, 9:53 am, "Jon Slaughter" <Jon_Slaugh...@Hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > #Prevent access to scripts dir
>> > RewriteRule ^Scripts - [F,L,NC]
>>
>> > I'm trying to prevent access to several dirs using stuff like whats
>> > above.
>> > THe problem is that no matter what I do, even if I specifically tell
>> > rewrite
>> > not to allow text files it still does.
>>
>> > the file I'm trying to prevent is
>>
>> > /Scripts/links.txt
>>
>> > and if I use the rule
>>
>> > RewriteRule ^/?Scripts/links.txt - [F,L,NC]
>>
>> > Then it still gives access. Seem to me that mod rewrite does not in any
>> > way
>> > pass long uri's that are to text files? If I change everythign to php
>> > or
>> > some other ext then it works fine.
>>
>> As always with mod_rewrite, you need to use the RewriteLog to see why
>> your rules are not being matched. Perhaps they are not in the right
>> part of the config file?
>
> joshuas right of course, set it to
> ReWriteLevel 9
> while youre at it.
> You could just be chaining the rule with another that specifies things
> ending in .php
>

I tried doing this before but it would not generate the errors or I could
not find out where the log file was. (wasn't the apache log files error.log
and access.log)

I think I got it all setup now. I'm not sure what I had before though but it
now seems to be working. I'm having a little issue with hot linking but I
think I can handle it.

Thanks guys,
Jon