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Thanks. I am guessing that I do have read/write access because I upload and remove the all of the files on the site, including .htaccess on the main branch. Further, after logging in via the command line, I was able to navigate anywhere I could otherwise
go in the file manager in cPanel. Being on a shared server, I thus don't have root access or access to httpd.conf.
Since it's my site, I am the one who configured and uploaded the initial .htaccess file (after studying the Apache documentation for some time). The file includes a few redirects, 400/403/404 errors, etc. Since I rarely deal with this file, I am now relearning
and further delving into the .htaccess configuration options for a subdomain that I'm building and wish to behave differently than the main site.
Thank you again for your time and assistance.
Joel 973 736 8306 From: angel Hall-Coulston Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2020 3:12 PM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: client removal of .htaccess file Most '.htaccess' files ARE provided by host developers so that users have some security control over their site (being able to choose who or what to block is one case in hand) WITH 'write'
access. Most sysadmins with access to root privileges don’t actually use them and format the directives directly by a 'directory by directory' configuration in apache config file (usually httpd.conf). So the usual use of them is for any user WITHOUT root access
to the server and config files, so it’s a little out of the ordinary that you don’t have write or read access.
I wouldn’t recommend not having a basic '.htaccess' or having a dummy file, if you don’t have root access.
"Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they are not
all out to get you…"
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