{"id":6101,"date":"2017-02-28T14:05:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T11:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/block-access-to-website\/"},"modified":"2023-01-19T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T11:00:12","slug":"block-access-to-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/block-access-to-website\/","title":{"rendered":"How to deny access to the website via .htaccess"},"content":{"rendered":"

.htaccess<\/span>\u00a0is a document that controls access to different files and folders on the website, as well as the website overall. When accessing the page that is blocked in \u00a0.htaccess<\/span>,\u00a0user will see a service page with a 404 error code.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How to edit\u00a0.htaccess<\/span><\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Log into\u00a0cPanel<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. On the dashboard, click on\u00a0File manager.<\/em>\"How<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Go to the\u00a0public_html <\/em>folder.<\/em>\"3\"<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. By default,\u00a0.<\/em>htaccess is hidden<\/span><\/span>. So click the\u00a0Settings button and check the Show hidden files (dotfiles) mark.\"How<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Now click on\u00a0.<\/em>htaccess<\/span>\u00a0and click Edit<\/i>.\u00a0\"3d38405022\"<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. After you are done with the file, click on Save changes<\/em>.\"How<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How to deny\u00a0access to the website for everyone<\/span><\/h2>\n

    In order to completely deny\u00a0access to the website,add the following lines to the<\/span> .htaccess<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

    deny from all # Denies access to the website for all IPs<\/span><\/pre>\n
    How to allow\u00a0access to the website for only some IPs<\/span><\/h2>\n
    In order to completely deny access to the website for all IPs but some, add the following lines to the<\/span> .htaccess<\/span><\/p>\n
    order deny,allow #\u00a0<\/span>Sets the order for the execution of the commands. Right now, allow is executed after deny.<\/span>\r\n\r\ndeny from all # <\/span>Denies access to the website for all IPs<\/span>\r\n\r\nallow from <\/span>XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX<\/span> # <\/span>Allows access for the mentioned IPs.\u00a0If there are more then one, separate them with a spacebar<\/span>.<\/span><\/pre>\n
    How to deny access to the website for only some IPs<\/span><\/h2>\n
    In order to deny access to the website for some IPs,\u00a0add the following lines to the<\/span> .htaccess<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
    deny from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX # Denies<\/span> access for the mentioned IPs.\u00a0If there are more then one, separate them with a spacebar<\/span>.<\/span><\/pre>\n
    How to control access to a single file<\/span><\/h2>\n
    If you want different files and folders to have different access settings, you can use the\u00a0<Files> command<\/span><\/span>. For example, in order to deny access to\u00a0wp-config.php<\/span>\u00a0for everyone but you,\u00a0add the following lines to the<\/span> .htaccess<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
    <Files wp-config.php><\/span>\r\n\r\norder deny,allow # <\/span>Sets the order for the execution of the commands. Right now, allow is executed after deny.<\/span>\r\n\r\ndeny from all # Denies access to the website for all IPs<\/span>\r\n\r\nallow from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX # <\/span>Allows access for the mentioned IPs.\u00a0If there are more then one, separate them with a spacebar<\/span>.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/Files><\/span><\/pre>\n
    You can lock down the .htaccess the same way<\/span>:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
    <Files .htaccess><\/span>\r\n\r\norder deny,allow # Sets the order for the execution of the commands. Right now, allow is executed after deny.<\/span>\r\n\r\ndeny from all # <\/span>Denies access to the website for all IPs<\/span>\r\n\r\nallow from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX # Allows access for the mentioned IPs.\u00a0If there are more then one, separate them with a spacebar<\/span>.\r\n\r\n<\/Files><\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    .htaccess\u00a0is a document that controls access to different files and folders on the website, as well as the website overall. When accessing the page that is blocked in \u00a0.htaccess,\u00a0user will see a service page with a 404 error code.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vps"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to deny access to the website via .htaccess - Unihost.FAQ<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/unihost.com\/help\/block-access-to-website\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to deny access to the website via .htaccess - Unihost.FAQ\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\".htaccess\u00a0is a document that controls access to different files and folders on the website, as well as the website overall. 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