Thanks for the response.
To further investigate this, I created another directory on the web site /testprotected (since the directory privacy stuff *did* work fine on the site's main directory), used cpanel's Directory privacy to create an .htaccess file in that directory (it ends up being very similar to .htaccess files suggested in this thread), turned off SEF urls in Joomla, and disabled the site's .htaccess file, and then I am correctly prompted for username/password when accessing that directory. After a bit more experimentation, I figured out that the mod_rewrite section of the site's .htaccess file is what is interfering with directory privacy (i.e., if I remove that section only from .htaccess then directory privacy works fine; if I put it back, directory privacy doesn't work - i.e., I get a 404 error as per my previous post).
I think the mod_rewrite section I'm using is just the one that came with the Joomla 4 installation:
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## These directives are only enabled if the Apache mod_rewrite module is enabled
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
## Begin - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits.
# If you experience problems on your site then comment out the operations listed
# below by adding a # to the beginning of the line.
# This attempts to block the most common type of exploit `attempts` on Joomla!
#
# Block any script trying to base64_encode data within the URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode[^(]*\([^)]*\) [OR]
# Block any script that includes a <script> tag in URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C)([^s]*s)+cript.*(>|%3E) [NC,OR]
# Block any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
# Block any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
# Return 403 Forbidden header and show the content of the root home page
RewriteRule .* index.php [F]
#
## End - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits.
## Begin - Custom redirects
#
# If you need to redirect some pages, or set a canonical non-www to
# www redirect (or vice versa), place that code here. Ensure those
# redirects use the correct RewriteRule syntax and the [R=301,L] flags.
#
## End - Custom redirects
##
# Uncomment the following line if your webserver's URL
# is not directly related to physical file paths.
# Update Your Joomla! Directory (just / for root).
##
# RewriteBase /
## Begin - Joomla! core SEF Section.
#
# PHP FastCGI fix for HTTP Authorization, required for the API application
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
# -- SEF URLs for the API application
# If the requested path starts with /api, the file is not /api/index.php
# and the request has not already been internally rewritten to the
# api/index.php script
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/api/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/api/index\.php
# and the requested path and file doesn't directly match a physical file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# and the requested path and file doesn't directly match a physical folder
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# internally rewrite the request to the /api/index.php script
RewriteRule .* api/index.php [L]
# -- SEF URLs for the public frontend application
# If the requested path and file is not /index.php and the request
# has not already been internally rewritten to the index.php script
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index\.php
# and the requested path and file doesn't directly match a physical file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# and the requested path and file doesn't directly match a physical folder
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# internally rewrite the request to the index.php script
RewriteRule .* index.php [L]
#
## End - Joomla! core SEF Section.
</IfModule>Thanks.
