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#32495 Admin Tools detection

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Latest post by on Wednesday, 18 March 2020 18:17 CDT

Sunday, 16 February 2020 18:44 CST

joomleb
Hi guys,
on last days opening Admin Tools I have back the message:

"Admin Tools detected that your server configuration file (ie .htaccess, nginx.conf or web.config) has been modified. We strongly suggest you to put any manual edit inside the Custom rules fields, so you won't lose them if you ever regenerate the file using Admin Tools"

- I'm using a .htaccess made from Admin Tools last time on 23th december 2019
- as far as I know I haven't changed anything
- Is that an "automatic" message from last Admin Tools Pro 5.5.0 3rd january release due to its internal changes ?
- Please, Where can I read more about it ?
- Please, What should I do, step by step, to understand what has changed?
- Please, What can I ask to the server provider?

Many Thanks in advance for support !

Monday, 17 February 2020 05:11 CST

tampe125
Hello,

yes, that's a new feature shipped with the new version of Admin Tools.
When you save your configuration in the Htaccess Maker, we're storing the hash of the final file contents. Then when you visit the Control Panel, we check such hash vs the hash of the actual contents of the .htaccess file. If they mismatch, a warning is raised.

What you can do to check what changed is to get inside the Htaccess Maker page, hit the Preview button, copy all the contents and save them locally.
Then connect to your site using FTP and download your current .htaccess file.
Compare them to understand what's different, then we can move from that.

Davide Tampellini

Developer and Support Staff

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Wednesday, 18 March 2020 18:17 CDT

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