Hi there
I'm attempting to open particular subdirectories of my new drupal site so they can be accessed directly in a browser.
Originally I wanted to access my blog via a desktop client. This didn't work (the client couldn't find any blogs on the site), so to isolate the issue, I tried several other similar clients. All failed to find any blogs... one returned a 503 error. I asked my host about this (midphase.com), and he said that xmlrpc requests are denied by mod_security rules. He said he can not remove these rules for "security reasons."
So I looked to see if I could access any files in my webspace root via my browser, not just xmlrpc.php. Nothing. Drupal apparently preempts these requests with .htacceess, and returns "page not found".
I discovered this page:
http://drupal.org/node/30334
but even after trying everything mentioned, I'm still not getting anywhere. Indeed, toying with the .htaccess file usually caused Apache to spit internal server errors.
I kept trying, and eventually Apache calmed down. I adjusted .htaccess as instructed, but drupal still told me "page not found" when I attempted to load the exempted subdirectory.
Sometimes drupal gets out of the way, but the server still does not allow me access, saying I do not have sufficient permissions to access my subdirectory. I tried opening all permissions to 777 on the directories and files in question, with no luck. It's like there's a wall between my browser and any files on my webspace.
I have a fresh drupal 5.1 installed in root with a stock .htaccess file, Apache 1.3.37, and PHP 5.1.6 (on shared hosting).
Am I missing something?
