.htaccess file and restart

skyhigh007 · June 10th, 2008, 4:18 PM

Hi

Where can I edit the .htaccess file in Cpanel and how to restart the server?

thanks

**Roxy** · June 10th, 2008, 4:38 PM

When you log into your FTP account, before clicking the public_html folder, you will find the .htaccess file there. Now about the restart of the server I'm not so sure.

mgk · June 10th, 2008, 5:02 PM

restarting various services like apache can be done in WHM if that is so configured. (not for reseller accounts)

**removed** · June 11th, 2008, 1:37 AM

I assume you're on a shared hosting account since this topic was posted in the "Shared" forum. With that said, you will not be able to do this on a shared server.

**markscns** · June 11th, 2008, 6:29 AM

Because this is posted in the shared hosting account area, this is not possible for shared accounts.

Because of the nature of your question though, I want to dive into this a bit deeper. Are you thinking that you need to restart the server after making a change to .htaccess?

If so, you do not, changes to the .htaccess file are immediate. Now if for some reason a change is required to httpd.conf (which only admins have access to), that would require a restart of the httpd service.

skyhigh007 · June 11th, 2008, 2:13 PM

yes, my account is an share hosting account. I want to add some codes to the .htaccess file and I thought it will require a restart to take the affects. What happens if I deleted the .htaccess file unintentionally ? what should i do?

**puckchaser** · June 11th, 2008, 5:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skyhigh007

yes, my account is an share hosting account. I want to add some codes to the .htaccess file and I thought it will require a restart to take the affects. What happens if I deleted the .htaccess file unintentionally ? what should i do?

First thing you should do is make a backup.

If you have shell acess:

# cp .htaccess .htaccess.orig

If you dont have shell access (or have no idea what it is)

Open the file for editing in cPanel, and copy the contents to your local pc (hilight, copy, past)

Then, if you mess it up. you can put your original data back.

:-)

More info - When you edit .htaccess, if you want to have apache disregard certain entries place a '#' (without quotes) at the beginning of a line. This way you dont have to erase existing code.

skyhigh007 · June 12th, 2008, 1:01 PM

Thank you for the answers! The .htaccess is suppose to be an empty file in the beginning ?

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markscns 01101100 Super #1 Joined in Jan 2006 Lives in West Michigan Hosted on SH92 1,606 posts Gave thanks: 49 Thanked 114 times	Because this is posted in the shared hosting account area, this is not possible for shared accounts. Because of the nature of your question though, I want to dive into this a bit deeper. Are you thinking that you need to restart the server after making a change to .htaccess? If so, you do not, changes to the .htaccess file are immediate. Now if for some reason a change is required to httpd.conf (which only admins have access to), that would require a restart of the httpd service. __________________ twinlakeweather.us SH92

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skyhigh007 Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Jun 2005 99 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	yes, my account is an share hosting account. I want to add some codes to the .htaccess file and I thought it will require a restart to take the affects. What happens if I deleted the .htaccess file unintentionally ? what should i do?

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skyhigh007 Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Jun 2005 99 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Thank you for the answers! The .htaccess is suppose to be an empty file in the beginning ?

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