I'm trying to host a python script using an apache web server, but the server tries to run the script instead of just offering it for download.
I do not have direct access to server, and adding the line
AddType text/plain .py
to .htaccess in the root folder does not appear to work, though I could be doing something wrong.
How do I get the server to just send the file as text instead of trying to run it?
-Edit
Changing the name does not work. Script.py.safe still give a 500 Server error when you click it.
I should also mention that the .htaccess file does work, but for some reason that one addType line is not working. Either because it's not overriding something, or the line is wrong.
In your .htaccess:
RemoveHandler .py
If you can't change the Apache config and you can't override it with an htaccess file, then it seems to me that the easiest solutions would be either to change the file extension, or else to write a script that prints the contents of the target script.
Both are hacks to some extent, but the correct solution is to change the Apache config.
One option is to change the extention and make clear that it should be renamed. IE python.py.safe or python.py.dl. The user would then need to remove the extra bit.
You could also Zip it up.
I would write something that loads the python script up. This way you could even get energetic and include formatting and styling of the code. You could even write it in python since you will not have precluded that by file extension.
<IfModule mime_module>
<Files *.py>
ForceType text/plain
</Files>
</IfModule>
in a .htaccess for the folder should work ;)
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I have been trying to use the 'auto-prepend-file' value to set a PHP script to be ran before every page from that directory. Currently, I'm destroying and creating a session, then setting a session variable.
But if I try to access session variables from a page, there is no value in them.
Can this value be prevented from being set in a .htaccess file?
Will the prepended script be ran when called for non-php pages aswell?
Can this value be prevented from being set in a .htaccess file?
It is possible to disable session cookies with a .htaccess file, but I doubt that's the real problem in your case. Are you sure the file is actually getting prepended at all? Try a more direct test, like adding die('The prepended file was executed.') to the file.
Will the prepended script be ran when called for non-php pages aswell?
The auto_prepend_file directive only applies to files parsed by PHP. In most server configurations that will only include .php files. However, you can use the AddHandler directive to make Apache execute PHP in other file types as well.
For example, if you use AddHandler to add .html as another file type that can contain PHP code, auto_prepend_file will also apply to .html files.
What ended up solving it for me was setting the "AllowOverride" directive on my Apache configuration file. In order to allow .htaccess privileges on given folder, you should have something like...
# Allow .htaccess settings
<Directory "/absolute/path/to/htaccessfolder">
AllowOverride Options
</Directory>
...on httpd.conf, which allows overriding option settings from the selected directory.
I am hosting multiple sites on the same server and using a http-vhosts file to specify virtual host info for them. It is working great. The problem is I changed in Movable Type the way entries are created. I want them to not have file extension. So it is currently domain.com/entry/15 instead of domain.com/entry/15.html. Because I took out the .html I'm assuming apache doesn't know what to do so it is spitting out the page as plain text. How can I fix this? I added in a virtualhost block:
DefaultType text/html
I also added that in the httpd.conf hoping it would fix it globally for all my sites. I restarted apache and still the same problem. Any ideas?
Is it possible that this is a content negotiation problem? In a few cases I've seen Apache try to determine what sort of file is being requested by looking at the first few bytes of the file being served.
I have seen problems like this be solved by commenting out mod_negotiation in http.conf and restarting. See the mod_negotiation documentation for more details.
I just solved the same issue by disbabling Magic Mime in httpd.conf (some files would display as html and some as text for no apparent reason).
edit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Comment the lines for the Mime Magic Module:
MIMEMagicFile /usr/share/magic.mime
MIMEMagicFile conf/magic
Restart Apache and clear your browser cache
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That seems correct. Care to share one link, or the HTTP headers that are returned for one of those pages? P.S. as well as the whole Apache config block where you placed that directive, for context?
if u create a .htaccess in ur site's root dir,and the .htaccess's content is:
DefaultType text/html
then the issue is fixed imm.
I have been trying to get some url rewrites to work with .htaccess after moving a site to a new host.
Nothing seemed to work, so in frustration I removed all the code from the file, uploading a blank .htaccess file to the server. The Result: FORBIDDEN.
Is this a problem with the server config? How do I go about addressing it.
EDIT
Ok, so I got it to work. I think it must have had something to do with the encoding or format (or whatever) of the .htaccess file itself. I origionally suspected something like this and messed with a bunch of stuff in notepad++, and thought I ruled that out. Earlier, in desperation, I recreated the file in regular notepad and it worked.
Thank you all for your insights...
I don't think that being empty of not will make the difference. IMHO this is happening because the virtualhost is not allowing you to override in your document root
try adding this
<Directory "/var/www/example.com">
AllowOverride All
Allow from All
</Directory>
where /var/www/example.com is the path to your document root
I don't know if it can be related but have you insured that you have an index page (like index.html or similar) and in your <Directory> tag of your Apache's configuration file have the directive Options All -Indexes?
Have you tried with this options?
I have an Apache server installed on my windows machine using XAMPP. Now I'm trying to use a premade .htaccess file for one of my projects, but it doesn't seem to be seeing it. The project just totally ignores it, even though I've enabled mod_rewrite.
Any idea how I can troubleshoot this? I can't fix it if it just doesn't work and doesn't show me any errors.
Appreciate your help.
In your httpd.conf file, you must enable .htaccess overriding with AllowOverride for the directory where the .htaccess file is (or parent thereof). If it is set to 'None', the .htaccess files will be ignored.
I have pushed my .htaccess files to the production severs, but they don't work. Would a restart be the next step, or should I check something else.
A restart is not required for changes to .htaccess. Something else is wrong.
Make sure your .htaccess includes the statement
RewriteEngine on
which is required even if it's also present in httpd.conf. Also check that .htaccess is readable by the httpd process.
Check the error_log - it will tell you of any errors in .htaccess if it's being used.
Putting an intentional syntax error in .htaccess is a good check to make sure the file is being used -- you should get a 500 error on any page in the same directory.
Lastly, you can enable a rewrite log using commands like the following in your httpd.conf:
RewriteLog "logs/rewritelog"
RewriteLogLevel 7
The log file thus generated will give you the gory detail of which rewrite rules matched and how they were handled.
No:
Apache allows for decentralized management of configuration via special files placed inside the web tree. The special files are usually called .htaccess, but any name can be specified in the AccessFileName directive... Since .htaccess files are read on every request, changes made in these files take immediate effect...
From the apache documentation:
Most commonly, the problem is that AllowOverride is not set such that your configuration directives are being honored. Make sure that you don't have a AllowOverride None in effect for the file scope in question. A good test for this is to put garbage in your .htaccess file and reload. If a server error is not generated, then you almost certainly have AllowOverride None in effect.
Only if you have not added the mod_rewrite module to Apache.
You only need to restart Apache if you change any Apache ".conf" files.
I have the same issue and it seems PiedPiper post about AllowOverride were most helpful. Check your httpd.conf file for "AllowOverride" and make sure it is set to All.
In case of .htaccess restart is not required if it is not working probable reasons include.
AllowOverride May not be set which user can set inside httpd.conf or might have to contact server admin.
Check the file name of .htaccess it should be .htaccess not htaccess.txt see here for guide how to create one.
Try to use Options -Indexes or deny all kind of simple directive to see if it is working or not.
clear browser cache everytime if having rule for redirects or similar if previous redirect is cached it appears as if things are not working.
What's in your .htaccess? RewriteRules? Check that mod_rewrite is installed and enabled.
Other stuff? Try setting AllowOverride to 'all' on that directory.