laravel htaccess allow directory

Question

I have a password protected directory at example.com/staging.

If I enter example.com/js I get a folder listing.

But if I enter example.com/staging, I get a 404 error page generated by the Laravel site at example.com (not example.com/staging), rather than a password box. Why is this?

Here is my .htaccess file in the public_html folder (the home directory) at example.com:

AddType application/x-httpd-php70 .php
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
  <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
      Options -MultiViews
  </IfModule>

  RewriteEngine On

  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%1%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301,QSA,NC,L]

  RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
  RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301]

  # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

  # Handle Front Controller...
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]

  # Handle Authorization Header
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
  RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]

</IfModule>

And my .htaccess file at example.com/staging:

AuthType Basic
AuthName "Staging"
AuthUserFile "/home/example/.htpasswds/public_html/staging/passwd"
require valid-user

Answer 1

Remove the quotation marks from the directory path for AuthUserFile, those shouldn't be there.

Your directory path looks odd too, your .htpasswd file shouldn't be located in the middle of the path, but should be at the end. For example:

AuthUserFile /this/is/your/dir/.htpasswd

I'm sure it is, but as an added point, you are encrypting your password correctly? Apache will not accept a password that has not been correctly encrypted. You can use this website to help with that if required: http://www.htaccesstools.com/htpasswd-generator/

Answer 2

I found the answer here

Add the below line to the htaccess file within the protected directory:

ErrorDocument 401 "Authorisation Required"