# Misconfigured .htaccess file on bluehost
**URL:** https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/misconfigured-htaccess-file-on-bluehost/9185
**Category:** Need Help
**Created:** [March 29, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/misconfigured-htaccess-file-on-bluehost/9185 "2021-03-29T23:23:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@makamo66](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/makamo66)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/misconfigured-htaccess-file-on-bluehost/9185/1 "2021-03-29T23:23:28Z")
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I followed the cookbook here:
[https://book.cakephp.org/4/en/installation.html](https://book.cakephp.org/4/en/installation.html)
.htaccess in webroot:
```
RewriteEngine On
#RewriteBase /path/to/app
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
```
.htaccess in the root directory:
```
#not sure if this belongs in this file
#don't know what the path to mod_rewrite.so is
#LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache2/mod_rewrite.so
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all
```
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### Author:  [@makamo66](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/makamo66)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/misconfigured-htaccess-file-on-bluehost/9185/2 "2021-03-30T00:42:39Z")
I tried the online tester at [https://htaccess.madewithlove.be/](https://htaccess.madewithlove.be/) but it mostly returned: “This line is not supported by our tool.”
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### Author:  [@Jawfin](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Jawfin)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/misconfigured-htaccess-file-on-bluehost/9185/3 "2021-03-30T01:56:10Z")
Ok so, you don’t need that \ stuff, that’s for a completely different file (httpd.conf) in case the original rewrites don’t take.
The .htaccess in _root_ really only exists for your protection, in case you accidently publish that instead of your webroot folder. When you set your public folder (for what is seen when they go to the site) that is webroot which you “share”.
Try this in your _root_ folder: -
```auto
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
```
which is just saying if somehow a browser got to this folder then throw them to the public one. Its poor security as they could manually type in full paths if they knew it was a CakePHP app and perhaps find something they shouldn’t.
.htaccess is eye-of-the-beholder (although correct me if I’m wrong) in that its relative to what the client browser sees - written from their perspective.
Again that stuff RewriteBase shouldn’t be needed - only if you got a funky setup. So your .htaccess in your _webroot_ need only be: -
```auto
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
```
Which is just a bit of routing protection for dead links.
If I haven’t got it right then you’ll need an expert 🙂
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### Author:  [@dirk](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/dirk)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/misconfigured-htaccess-file-on-bluehost/9185/4 "2021-03-30T12:26:30Z")
for example here are my .htaccess files from project running on shared webspace at ionos:
in root directory:
> ```
>
> RewriteEngine on
>
> #the next 2 lines are only for forwarding to https
> RewriteCond %{SERVER_Port} !=443
> RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://yourdomain.com/$1 [R=301,L]
> # end of forwarding
>
> RewriteBase /
> RewriteRule ^(\.well-known/.*)$ $1 [L]
> RewriteRule ^$ webroot/ [L]
> RewriteRule (.*) webroot/$1 [L]
>
>
> ```
in folder webroot :
> ```
>
> RewriteEngine on
> RewriteBase /
> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
> RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
>
>
> ```
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### Author:  [@makamo66](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/makamo66)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/misconfigured-htaccess-file-on-bluehost/9185/5 "2021-03-30T12:45:29Z")
I used dirk’s code and it worked. Thanks, dirk.
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### Author:  [@makamo66](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/makamo66)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2021, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/misconfigured-htaccess-file-on-bluehost/9185/6 "2021-03-30T12:46:47Z")
Thanks, Jawfin for providing so much info
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### Author:  [@Jawfin](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Jawfin)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/misconfigured-htaccess-file-on-bluehost/9185/7 "2021-03-30T13:15:37Z")
Heh, no worries. I actually removed my https redirections in my post so as to not confuse, as there can be more work for that; getting a certificate etc. I also force redirect my website to https.
Glad you got it working 🙂