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  1. #1
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    Editing .htaccess in root with cpanel

    At present I load all of my sites to my server via WHM -> List accounts / create

    Nothing resides in "root" (If you type my serverip, nothing shows)
    How can I add a .htaccess file to this? I went in via sftp earlier and uploaded a robots.txt for test, went to but it still gave a 404 header.

    I disconnected ftp & went back, the file was still there. Not sure why it was passing a 404. Do I have to run a special command in ssh to say "hey there's new files here"?

  2. #2
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    When you say root, Do you mean apaches document root when you view an IP bound to your server?.
    If so, you need to add the files to /usr/local/apache/htdocs/

  3. #3
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    That was it, now I can add files.

    I cannot seem to get a .htaccess to work though. They work in all of the other domains, but not htdocs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gpl24 View Post
    That was it, now I can add files.

    I cannot seem to get a .htaccess to work though. They work in all of the other domains, but not htdocs.
    Did you create the file via ssh? Run the following to be sure ownership/permissions look alright:

    // This will give you a quick glance of the file. Paste it here.
    ls -la | grep .htaccess

    // Let's reset the permission on the .htaccess file
    chmod 644 .htaccess

    If changing permission on the file does not work, paste your httpd.conf here, along with the output of the above command. It's likely an ownership issue in that case....

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    You may have to modify your "options" statement in /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf, if it looks like this:

    Code:
    <Directory "/usr/local/apache/htdocs">
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
    </Directory>
    Probably change the "AllowOverride None" to "AllowOverride All" or something

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