[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #3796: Using permalinks can prevent access to password protected folders.

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#3796: Using permalinks can prevent access to password protected folders.
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 Reporter:  Bassetts        |       Owner:  anonymous                            
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new                                  
 Priority:  high            |   Milestone:  2.3                                  
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  2.1                                  
 Severity:  major           |    Keywords:  htaccess password proteced permalinks
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 When permalinks are enabled from the admin interface it prevents access to
 a password protected folder within the root directory and supplies a 404.

 I have found that a way to fix this would be to add the following lines
 before the wordpress part of the .htaccess:

   ErrorDocument 401 /secure/[[BR]]ErrorDocument 403 /secure/

 Changing /secure/ to the name of the folder that access is required for.
 This could be implemented into the admin interface in the style of a few
 text boxes where folder names can be inserted and the interface generates
 the lines necessary to allow access to the folder.

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