[TYPO3-english] Apache Password Protection and RealURL

[Bert Hiddink [BENDOO e-work solutions]]

Hello,

Found the solution to the problem from this article:
http://blog.servint.net/2014/01/31/rewrite-rule-conflicts-protecting-sub-directories-using-htaccess/

Adding the line
ErrorDocument 401 default
...just before "RewriteEngine"
resolved the problem. The solution is explained in the article above.

Cheeers and regards,
Bert

...
# Enable URL rewriting
ErrorDocument 401 default
RewriteEngine On
...

On 06-09-14 09:48, Bert Hiddink [BENDOO e-work solutions] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have EXACTLY the same problem as Jeff Segars reported here:
> http://lists.typo3.org/pipermail/typo3-english/2006-November/033670.html
>
> "I've recently encountered some problems with password protected
> directories (via Apache) and mod_rewrite rules for RealURL.
>
> When there is not an .htaccess file in place, password protection works
> as expected and I am prompted to enter a username and password when
> accessing the directory. When I add the .htaccess file back in and
> enable RealURL, my TYPO3 generated 404 page is immediately displayed
> when trying to access this password protected directory.
>
> I'm using the default .htaccess file and I've tried adding my password
> protected directory into the list of directories that mod_rewrite should
> not rewrite but it doesn't seem to make a difference.
>
>  > RewriteRule
> ^(typo3|typo3temp|typo3conf|t3lib|tslib|fileadmin|uploads|showpic.php|protected)/
> - [L]
>
> Interestingly enough, if I modify the .htaccess file to pass requests
> through a nonexistent index2.php file rather than TYPO3's index.php
> file, then the password protection works again....but obviously the rest
> of the site does not :)"
>
> Has anyone else encountered similar behavior? How to resolve this? Any
> ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Regards,
> Bert
>