.htaccess troubles

Posted March 21, 2014

Hi all, I am new I recently installed a droplet with Ubuntu and Wordpress as the application on it. I am now wanting to remove the .htaccess protection that is included by default. I simply do not know what to do.

I renamed .htaccess to .htaccess.old to (found in /var/www/) and it does not seem to make a difference (still getting asked for basic authentication prompt).

How do I remove this? is there any other location I should be looking at?

thanks in advance

OchiWerks

Submit an answer

You can type!ref in this text area to quickly search our full set of tutorials, documentation & marketplace offerings and insert the link!

These answers are provided by our Community. If you find them useful, show some love by clicking the heart. If you run into issues leave a comment, or add your own answer to help others.

pauli_ortega • April 1, 2014

I’ve solved the problem with this link: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/one-click-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu-13-10-with-digitalocean Under the sub-theme “Removing the Additional Apache Password Prompt for Admin Areas” Follow the instructions and voilá, problem solved.

sterlingstokes • February 23, 2015

Looks like @pauli_ortega’s answer needs a slight update since that link is now broken… Here’s the updated link:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/one-click-install-wordpress-on-ubuntu-14-04-with-digitalocean

n.muenzner • April 12, 2014

Worked, thank you!

pauli_ortega • March 31, 2014

I have the same problem! Please, help!!

n.muenzner • March 24, 2014

Same problem - any solutions, please?