Thank you. I gather I will need to ask the server hosting entity (who has root access) to remove the file.
Any downsides to uploading an empty .htaccess file or a dummy file (just having a comment and no directives)?
Joel 973 736 8306 From: angel Hall-Coulston Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2020 7:18 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: client removal of .htaccess file Not without 'write' permission, or settings within httpd.conf, no… ALSO the following config disallows viewing:
# # The following lines prevent .htaccess and .htpasswd files from being # viewed by Web clients. # <FilesMatch "^\.([Hh][Tt]|[Dd][Ss]_[Ss])"> Require all denied </FilesMatch> And that’s prob why you can’t see it but CAN see the backup… "What’s the difference between British SCONES (pronounced as in stones) and SCONES (pronounced as in cons) ?? Around 50p each !" > On 19 Jul 2020, at 11:57, Joel Miller <jm-hotmail@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Can one without server root access delete a previously uploaded .htaccess file? The server can be accessed from the command line (e.g., ftp.[url] and permissions) but the file listing contains .htaccess_bak, not the .htaccess file. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > |