Apache: deny access to folder but allow with mod-rewrite

Question

I want to prevent access to a folder /workspace/test

I've done this with the following piece of code

RewriteRule ^(workspace/test) / [R=404,L,NC]

Now I have a second rewrite rule

RewriteRule ^news\/(.*)$ workspace/test/news.php [L,NC]

The problem it that I get a 404 because of the first rewrite rule.

Is it possible deny access to files if the user enters it in the URL but allow access to these files if I do it with a RewriteRule?

hjpotter92 · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-02 18:08:28Z

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Use THE_REQUEST variable:

RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\ /workspace/test [NC] RewriteRule ^workspace/test - [R=404,L] RewriteRule ^news/(.*)$ workspace/test/news.php [L,NC]

answered Dec 2, 2015 at 18:08

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