I am on shared hosting without shell access. How can I enable “occ maintenance:update:htaccess” or add the rewrite rule manually to the .htaccess file? I have confirmed that mod_end and mod_rewrite are enabled on the server.
I already had some issues where the links with index.php became invalid and vice versa. I want both to be working since I already shared some files with the “index.php” in the url.
I tried just adding this to .htaccess but it does not work. I get an “The webpage cannot be found” error:
I recently had a bugger of a time trying to get a variety of open source php projects running together on a new test server that I built where I was using php-fpm. I couldn’t work out why pages weren’t redirecting correctly.
As part of my diagnostic debug work I changed the Apache server config to use mod_php instead of php-fpm and lo and behold everything suddenly started working.
At this point I knew the problem was my php-fpm configuration.
Just putting in my 2 cents worth. Perhaps it might help to clearly identify the source of the problem.
So I just upgraded to 10 without bringing across my htaccess file from the 9.0.52 installation and I noticed it’s already set and ready to go with the relevant rewritebase, presumably from the config file during the upgrade process.
Really pleased I didn’t have to potentially face the continuity issue again
Leo, you need to give www-data write permission on .htaccess. I assume you’ve hardened your permissions, which would have revoked that permission. To fix it, ensure that root owns the file and that www-data is the group. Then run sudo chmod 0664 .htaccess. Then run occ again, and all will be fine.
I also have problem with removing index.php from address.
I do have correct permission on .htaccess, rewrite and env enabled
.there is no changes in .htaccess happening when running occ command…
out of ideas …
Still the index.php part of the URL is always present (in login URLs, sharing link URLs…).
Other than that, Nextcloud works without any noticable problems.
OK, I think I may have found an answer. In an old owncloud admin manual for 9.x I found this:
My shared hosting company does not use mode_php but only fastcgi. So I guess unless NC supports fastcgi for index.php-less URLs in the future, this will remain a dream for me.
Any other options?
I’m also limited to CGI or fastCGI, but I really want to get rid of index.php in my URLs…
Or is there any official word when this feature is suspected to work with other php methods?
As a user in shared hosting environment I don’t think I have the permission to change/edit these settings.
But I think Apache already loads the .htacess in my Nextcloud folder because the contents of that .htaccess file does have an effect, with this one notable exception: no pretty URLs without index.php.
@nani@nikolasdas if your setup is anything like mine (I’m on Gandi simple hosting) where I don’t have sudo, then here’s a solution if the .htaccess doesn’t update for some reason.
Beware that this works for Nextcloud 10 and might break in the future when paths are updated. So no guarantee.
In addition to the addition of 'htaccess.RewriteBase' => '/', in the config.php, you have to paste this block at the end of your .htaccess. It’s the block which is inserted by the occ maintenance:update:htaccess command:
(Big thanks to @MorrisJobke for giving me the snippet! )
Same here. My .htaccess looks exactly the same at the end as @jan’s.
Probably won’t work unless the pretty URL-rewrite part is going to be compatible with fastCGI in a shared hosting environment (i.e. no root access/permissions).
Given the number of other issues open at Github, I understand it’s not a priority issue and probably won’t be dealt with anytime soon, if ever. So there’s little hope.
Finally, by accident, I seem to have solved this issue: I’ve included 'htaccess.IgnoreFrontController' => true in my config.php.
Then updated the .htaccess file in my web root folder using ./occ maintenance:update:htaccess
That seems to do the trick. Don’t know if it’ll work on your system though (my setup = NC 12.0.1 on a shared CENTOS server, PHP 7). Good luck!
In my case (Nextcloud 10.0.1 on Ubuntu 16.04), this will cause 2 error messages in the admin settings:
The “X-Content-Type-Options” HTTP header is not configured to equal to “nosniff”. This is a potential security or privacy risk and we recommend adjusting this setting.
The “X-Frame-Options” HTTP header is not configured to equal to “SAMEORIGIN”. This is a potential security or privacy risk and we recommend adjusting this setting.
I’ve changed it in .htacces manually to
<IfModule mod_env.c>
# Add security and privacy related headers
Header always set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"
Header set X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block"
Header set X-Robots-Tag "none"
Header always set X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN"
Header set X-Download-Options "noopen"
Header set X-Permitted-Cross-Domain-Policies "none"
SetEnv modHeadersAvailable true
</IfModule>
Both these modules are enabled
a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
a2enmod env
Module env already enabled
And I have this in my config.php
’htaccess.RewriteBase’ => ‘/’,
Then I am not able to execute the following command
sudo -u www-data php occ maintenance:update:htaccess
Error updating .htaccess file, not enough permissions?
www-data owns the file and should be able to write to it
chown www-data:www-data .htaccess
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