Update .htaccess file in Joomla 1.5.15

marrett · **Joined:** Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:46 am **Posts:** 1

Hi

I checked out the new htacess.txt file in Joomla 1.5.15 and noticed that there are new additional code in it ( compared to J1.5.14 htaccess )

Could someone enlighten me about the following :

1. Does the upgrade patched always come with new htaccess files or only as when as where necessary ?

2. If it comes with anew htaccess.txt file, is it assumed that the user has to rename it as .htaccess and copy it over the existing .htacess ?

3.What does the new code in the J1.5.15 htacces file do and is there anything we need to do to take advantage of it ?

Thanks in advance

Bjorg · **Joined:** Tue Jul 07, 2009 4:45 am **Posts:** 615

Simply rename the current .htaccess to htaccess.old
then rename the htaccess.txt to .htaccess.

Servers vary, simply switch it back if something fails.

Good luck!

panosgr · **Joined:** Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:40 pm **Posts:** 96

I think that in new .htaccess there is a feature about deny access to xml files and it is optional setting

infograf768 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:06 am

panosgr wrote:

I think that in new .htaccess there is a feature about deny access to xml files and it is optional setting

Yes. The feature is available to prevent hackers from reading the extensions version #.
It is commented for people using a 3pd extension placing important readable xmls in their folder.
Test before uncommenting.

dynamicnet · **Joined:** Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:42 pm **Posts:** 488

Greetings:

The following is the .htaccess file change as far as I can tell:

Code:

## Deny access to extension xml files (uncomment out to activate)
<Files ~ "\.xml$">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
Satisfy all
</Files>

Thank you.

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