500 Error adding php_flag register_globals off to .htacess

[spinnaker]

I did a search and saw a thread that I should add php_flag register_globals off to my .htaccess file.    I did this but now get a 500 error when accessing the main page and the administration panel my website.  What is wrong?

P.S.  My .htaccess file was originally 0 bytes.

[pe7er]

Could you use the original htaccess.txt, rename it to .htaccess
Test if your site works without a 500 error
Then add the php_flag register_globals off and test again.

[Hackwar]

read this: http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,93640.0.html

[spinnaker]

Thanks guys.  If I use the htaccess.txt that came with the 1.0.11 update, delete my .htaccess, then rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess, I get the following error when accessing the site.

Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /index.php on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request. 


I did not edit the htaccess.txt file at all.  I just renamed it.

The permissions on index.php are 664.

[spinnaker]

Any answers on this?  I just got hacked again.  Could it because I do not have the .htaccess set up  correctly?  How did anyone find my site in the first place,  It is just a tiny prototype site that gets not use whatsoever.

[pe7er]

Have you read: http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,54006.0.html ?
Could you give more info:
    * What version of PHP/MySQL/Apache do you have?
    * What kind of hosting do you have?
    * Do you have access to the access logs of the server?
    * Which third party extensions do you have installed? (Components, modules, plugins/mambots)
    * Which informations do you have from your provider? Did they send you something in addition?
    * Do you have a backup?
    * Have you checked the folder permissions?
    * Have you really been hacked?

[keliix06]

I'll take a guess. Comment out the line with Options FollowSymLinks and see if it works.