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user2650277
user2650277

Reputation: 6729

location directive getting ignored?

I need to deny all access to most files in a specific folder with Nginx

Here is my configuration that i tried.

location ~ /rapidleech/(classes|configs|files|hosts|languages|rar|templates) {
      deny  all;
    }

location /rapidleech/files/files.lst {
    allow all;
    }

Info : rapidleech folder contain classes(folder) , configs(folder) ....

Nginx seems to ignore the allow all; as i get 403 forbidden when trying to access 

/rapidleech/files/files.lst

Any help is appreciated..

Upvotes: 0

Views: 114

Answers (1)

Alexey Ten
Alexey Ten

Reputation: 14344

That because regexp location take precedence over normal location. Read documentation about how nginx choose best matching location.

In your case you could prevent checking regexp location by using ^~ modifier:

location ~ /rapidleech/(classes|configs|files|hosts|languages|rar|templates) {
    deny  all;
}

location ^~ /rapidleech/files/files.lst {
    allow all;
}

Also, you should realize, that regexp locations match against any part of request, not only the beginning, so your configuration prevent access to /some/path/rapidleech/classes as well.

If it's possible to forbid all the /rapidleech/ tree, it would be simpler and more efficient.

location /rapidleech/ {
    deny  all;
}

location /rapidleech/files/files.lst {
    allow all;
}

Upvotes: 1

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