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WHM/cPanel Hotlink Protection Negated .htaccess & Cron

Version
3.20.16
PHP version
7.4.27
Database driver
MySQL
Database version
5.7.37
Web browser
Firefox
E

E2756

Chevereto Member
Hi,

WHM/cpanel techs discovered this issue while investigating the reason for the htaccess protection not working on my site.

The .htaccess file in the /images folder is overriding the whm/cpanel .htaccess hotlink protection and allowing images to be hotlinked.

When the images/.htaccess file is removed the whm/cpanel .htaccess hotlink protection works as it should.

As soon the CRON /public_html/cli.php -C cron runs again it re-creates the images/.htaccess file and the images can be hotlinked again.

How can I edit the images/.htaccess file to allow the whm/cpanel protection to work as it should or how do I edit the CRON /public_html/cli.php -C cron from recreating the images/.htaccess file when it runs?

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you.
 
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I think a simpler solution to your issue would be to edit the .htaccess file so hotlink protection works and then remove write access to the file so the cron can't overwrite it again. You should be able to change the chmod permissions through the file manager (you can on direct admin anyway). If you can't you would go into SSH or have your host do it for you.

That could cause the cron to throw errors though, not sure.
 
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Simply_Corbett said:
I think a simpler solution to your issue would be to edit the .htaccess file so hotlink protection works and then remove write access to the file so the cron can't overwrite it again. You should be able to change the chmod permissions through the file manager (you can on direct admin anyway). If you can't you would go into SSH or have your host do it for you.

That could cause the cron to throw errors though, not sure.
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Thank you for the reply.

I do not know what needs to be edited/removed in the images/.htaccess file that is overriding the whm/cpanel hotlink protection. I have the ability to chmod the file permissions. When using a blank images/.htaccess file , the images do not show at all. They only show and are hotlink protected when there is not a images/.htaccess file in the directory.
 
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