Apache redirect and prevent access

Question

I have the following file system for my website which cannot be changed.

public_html

css
js
.(other such folders)
.
vtu (<-The one I need to redirect to)

I need to ensure that all folders except 'vtu' cannot be accessed (and preferably should redirect to 'vtu'). And also, the home page

example.com should redirect to

example.com/vtu

Putting it in simple terms, if anything other than the vtu sub directory or its content(s) is requested for, there should be a redirect to example.com/vtu

I hope my problem has been expressed clearly enough.

take a look at this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5411538/how-to-redirect-from-an-html-page — valbu17, Jul 19 '14 at 18:15

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-20T04:44:07.273

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Put this code in your DOCUMENT_ROOT/.htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule !^vlu(/.*)?$ /vlu [L,NC]

First 2 conditions avoid rewriting for real files and real directories. RewriteRule has condition !^vlu(/.*)$ which basically means don't rewrite if request is already for vlu or any of its sub directories. In the action part it just forwards to /vlu.

edited Jul 20 '14 at 04:44

answered Jul 19 '14 at 18:20

anubhava

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Works like a charm. Could you be a little more kind and explain those lines a little bit. – adarshdec23 Jul 19 '14 at 18:26
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Make so much sense. Thank you :) – adarshdec23 Jul 19 '14 at 18:37
It does have one small flaw, it doesn't seem to redirect the home page. – adarshdec23 Jul 19 '14 at 18:47
It will rewrite home page also if you take out `RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f` condition. – anubhava Jul 19 '14 at 18:50
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I never thing to use `!`, +1 :) – zx81 Jul 20 '14 at 04:29
Tanks @zx81, it comes handy as it saves one `RewriteCond` – anubhava Jul 20 '14 at 04:44

valbu17 · Answer 2 · 2014-07-19T18:27:00.387

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Just put this in your index.html in the head section..

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url=http://example.com/" />

or to not access your folders within your .htaccess

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://example.com/.*$       [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://example.com$          [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.example.com/.*$   [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.example.com$      [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(.*)$ http://www.example.com               [R,NC]

edited Jul 19 '14 at 18:27

answered Jul 19 '14 at 18:16

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That would only redirect the user from the home page. What if, the user enters example.com/heShouldNotSeeThis ? – adarshdec23 Jul 19 '14 at 18:20

Apache redirect and prevent access

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