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#31135 Proliferating .htaccess files

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Latest post by hazel on Thursday, 21 March 2019 08:28 CDT

hazel
Hi, I have multiple .htaccess files appearing in my webspaces (50 of them in one webspace alone). The suspect ones are in folders affected by Akeeba updates and the number of these files increases at the same time as an Akeeba update. They all have the same content:

<IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
<RequireAll>
Require all denied
</RequireAll>
</IfModule>

1. Are they kosher, or is this something for me to worry about?
2. Can I tidy up my webspace by including the content in the top level .htaccess file, then deleting those in the folders at lower levels?
3. How can I stop this behaviour?

tampe125
Akeeba Staff
Hello,

you can safely ignore them, there's no need for any action from you.
We added them in the latest release to avoid direct access to component folders, just an extra security measure to avoid information disclosure.

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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hazel
Thank you for resolving this issue. We love Akeeba!

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