Re: client removal of .htaccess file (Apache Users)

Just to clarify, the remote "client" is the owner of the URL and has full access for purposes of uploading the html, css, etc. files to the server, as well as .htaccess files. At least one website states this can be done from the command line, but I'm not certain that's correct. See http://www.activewebhosting.com/faq/cgi-htaccess-change.html

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

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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…

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> 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.
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