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 Topic: Prevent access to URL parent but not its children |
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faal
Joined: 27 Sep 2023
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 Posted: Wed 27 Sep '23 13:00 Post subject: Prevent access to URL parent but not its children |
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Hello everyone, I am glad I found an Apache forum.
I run a live Debian VPS with Apache (I have full control over it). I am trying to prevent access to a URL but not its children.
Example:
I want to prevent any access to https://example.com/users but I want to allow access to https://example.com/users/johnsmith, https://example.com/users/jameswhite, and so on.
I understand I need to use a <Location> directive for this, but I am unsure as to how exactly use it. I looked in the apache.org documentation but I find it confusing.
Does anyone have some advice?
Many thanks
Server version: Apache/2.4.56 (Debian) |
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faal
Joined: 27 Sep 2023
Posts: 5
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| Posted: Wed 27 Sep '23 19:00 Post subject: |
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I tried this in my apache2.conf
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<Location /users>
Order Allow,Deny
</Location>
<Location /users/*>
Order Deny,Allow
</Location>
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But this is blocking access to both the parent and its children. |
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tangent
Moderator
Joined: 16 Aug 2020
Posts: 315
Location: UK
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| Posted: Wed 27 Sep '23 20:59 Post subject: |
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You've said you're using Apache 2.4, so switching to later configuration options, try this:
| Code: | <Location /users/>
Options None
AllowOverride None
Require all denied
</Location>
<LocationMatch /users/*>
Require all granted
</LocationMatch>
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For me, on a test instance of Apache, this blocks access to /users, but not the folders below.
You can add additional caveats and authentication directives to the sub-folder LocationMatch block as required. |
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faal
Joined: 27 Sep 2023
Posts: 5
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| Posted: Thu 28 Sep '23 9:32 Post subject: |
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Hi tangent, thanks a lot for replying.
I just tried this, unfortunately I get 403 Forbidden on both /users/ and its children still.
You mentioned Apache version 2.4 and later configuration options, does that infer that this Apache version 2.4 has somehow a different syntax? |
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faal
Joined: 27 Sep 2023
Posts: 5
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| Posted: Thu 28 Sep '23 19:05 Post subject: |
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Ok, I've added this and it works.
| Code: | <LocationMatch "^/users/$">
Require all denied
</LocationMatch>
<LocationMatch "^/users/[^/]+$">
Require all granted
</LocationMatch>
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