htaccess help - removing index.php via exclude breaks htaccess auth on subfolder | Community Support

somwicked

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Any htaccess gurus available? I’ve narrowed the problem down - just have not figured out a way around it yet.

I’m using the exclude method to remove index.php from URLs. I have excluded a subfolder located under the root of the site.

RewriteCond $1 !^(subfolder|favicon\.ico|robots\.txt|index\.php) [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]

In the subfolder referenced above, I have another htaccess file to protect the subfolder from prying eyes - .

AuthType Basic
AuthName "subfolder"
AuthUserFile "/path/to/htpasswd"
require user username

With the code in place as is, I am redirected to the EE index page of my site - almost like EE is showing a 404 page.

If I remove the auth info (specifically the require user line) from the subfolders htaccess file, the directory is shown correctly - without authorization. If I remove the rewrite rules for the removing index.php, the authentication works as expected.

Do I need to add something else to the subfolder’s htaccess file? If so, what? Could there be something else I’m missing in the main htaccess file?

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