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Issue Changed behavior regarding password protected directories.

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webmasterfreya

New Pleskian
Server operating system version
Debian 10
Plesk version and microupdate number
18.0.59 update 2
Something (major) has changed regarding password protected directories.
I got a complaint from a user that she could not login anymore today on a certain subdirectory, but last week she could.

After an extensive search it turns out that one can now only logon at subdirectory level (eg /domain.com/maintenance/subsystem) when one has the same authorization (user/password) on the parent directory (/domain.com/maintenance).

I tested the logins for other users and the same problem occured. Only after granting rights at the parent directory the users can login.

Will be a lot of work to adjust to this changed behavior.

Questions:
So what has changed and why has it changed?
Could this have something to do with the thread "Resolved Protected directory not working for php files" ?
Can you recreate this problem?
 
I am not sure whether this should not be expected behavior. Normally, password protection works for the directory it was set for and subdirectories. I would not want to file this as a product issue unless it is analyzed on the affected system and confirmed by product management that it is not intended to be like this. Could you please open a support ticket and give support SSH access so that they can check it on the machine and also research internally whether this is an intended behavior?
 
Peter Debik said:
I am not sure whether this should not be expected behavior. Normally, password protection works for the directory it was set for and subdirectories. I would not want to file this as a product issue unless it is analyzed on the affected system and confirmed by product management that it is not intended to be like this. Could you please open a support ticket and give support SSH access so that they can check it on the machine and also research internally whether this is an intended behavior?
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Yes you are right. Normally or usually passwords protection works correctly.
 
Peter,

Thanks for your prompt reply. I do remember that in the (far) past it worked like it is working now.
Conclusion: it did not work like this in the last year or so (before 18.0.59) .
I've been busy adjusting to the current situation and this ticket can be closed as far as i'm concerned.
 
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