By fossie on
Hello everybody,
This is actually not a problem, because the site is allready up and running, but...
(situation Linux hosting, php, don't know which webserver)
When I bought the webspace, the .htaccess file had to be installed by helpdesk people, so I decided to not ask them at that time.
Now, the site is running, but do anybody know if the file is necessary for security/other issues? So if this is the case, will the something change if I ask them to install the default .htaccess file?
Any help, ideas are welcome,
Thx again for the community support,
Bart
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The .htaccess file does the
The .htaccess file does the following things that apache is not likely to have be default.
1) hides all files from being viewable in a browser (such as template files, module files, etc). This is a pretty good security issue.
2) Set's up apache to use drupal for 404 file not found errors
3) Changes a few php settings drupal needs to run well
4) Sets up some rewrite rules for clean URL handling
I'd recommend having them install it. It should not ever need to be edited.
I'll let install the file
Hi,
Thank you for the quick response. If there is no issue, changing things currently working, I'll ask them to setup the .htaccess file.
Thx,
Bart
I'll let install the file
Hi,
Thank you for the quick response. If there is no issue, changing things currently working, I'll ask them to setup the .htaccess file.
Thx,
Bart