pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable

[♥geoffreywalton]

Just had this problem on a GoDaddy server, got these entries in the error log.

 

 

Permission denied: /var/chroot/home/content/52/xxxxxxxx/html/images/.htaccess pcfg_openfile: unable to check htaccess file, ensure it is readable

 

They do not have a .htaccess file in the images folder.

 

Site does not have front page extensions as suggested in some posts so unable to reinstall FPE.

 

So I added in a .htaccess containing

 

# This is used to restrict access to this folder to anything other

# than images

# Prevents any script files from being accessed from the images folder

<FilesMatch "\.(php([0-9]|s)?|s?p?html|cgi|pl|exe)$">

Order Deny,Allow

Deny from all

</FilesMatch>

and a blank line.

 

Still the same!!

 

Finally found the permissions an the directory had been changed to 700.

 

GD have been having problems with the server so now to investigate if it is a hack or someting GD had done.

 

Hope this helps someone.

 

Cheers

 

G