htpasswd and Admin CP access error

Posted March 23, 20205 yr

Hello If I protect my AdminCP with htppassw I obtain an 404 error.

Can someone help me identify the problem?

March 23, 20205 yr

404 means not found.

Additionally htaccess with htpasswd is no longer a recommended way to secure your admin panel. The recommended way is to use MFA in:

System > Settings > Two Factor Authentication

March 23, 20205 yr

17 minutes ago, Morrigan said:

404 means not found.

Yes I know, But I don't know why that error occurs.

18 minutes ago, Morrigan said:

System > Settings > Two Factor Authentication

Thank you. I will try it.

March 23, 20205 yr

I mean I don't know how your .htaccess is setup in that folder or the file its looking for so I, nor anyone else, could actually tell you.

March 23, 20205 yr

7 minutes ago, Morrigan said:

don't know how your .htaccess is setup

I restrict with Cpanel, which automatically creates these lines in htaccess

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Restricted Area"
AuthUserFile "/home/site/.htpasswds/public_html/admin/passwd"
require valid-user

March 23, 20205 yr

It sounds like its setting it up wrong:

/home/site/.htpasswds/public_html/admin/passwd

Because .htpasswds is a file and can't have subfolders.

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