“Wrong Password” action in Activity Log

Hi,

To confirm if the blacklist feature works in your site try using your IP address to block yourself temporarily.

Note: If the blacklist is working properly you will see a “403 Forbidden” error whenever anyone with a blacklisted IP address attempts to access your site.

1) Make sure you are logged into your server using FTP. This will be handy to unlock yourself if needed.

2) Log into WordPress admin panel and add your IP address to the blacklist settings.

3) Try accessing your site from a browser where you are not logged in.
You should be denied access. If not, then the apache directives are not working on your server.

(If things are working fine and you do get blocked, just FTP your .htaccess file from your server to your computer and edit that file and remove the part of the code which has your IP address and then FTP the file back to the server)

Let me know how you go.

Kind regards

Hi @mbrsolution

Tried to add my ip address to the blacklist setting, but got
“You cannot ban your own IP address: xxxxxxx”
So I added my ip address directly into .htaccess “Deny from”,
but still can access from a browser where I am not logged in.

Does it mean apache directives is not working, how should I resolve from this point?

Thanks
Sam

Hi Sam, it looks like your apache directives are not working properly. You need to speak to your host about this issue.

Let me know what they say.

Kind regards

Hi @mbrsolution

Contacting Bitnami, will get back to you with update.

Thanks

Hi @mbrsolution

Below is the reply from Bitnami, is there a way for your plugin to write to htaccess.conf file optionally?
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By default, we disable .htaccess files, move the configuration in those files to the main application configuration files and set the AllowOverride option to None. Note the Apache Software Foundation also recommends this configuration.

You will need to include the required configuration to the /opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/conf/htaccess.conf file instead under the /opt/bitnam/apps/wordpress/htdocs directory. You will need to add the lines below at the end of the htaccess.conf file and replace the placeholder with your actual configuration for the plugin.

<Directory “/opt/bitnami/apps/wordpress/htdocs”>
[YOUR_PLUGIN_CONFIG_HERE]
</Directory>
Remember to restart Apache service for changes to take effect

sudo /opt/bitnami/ctlscript.sh restart apache
Also, you can get more information about our .htaccess file configuration in the link below

https://docs.bitnami.com/google/infrastructure/lamp/administration/use-htaccess/

Hi, I have submitted a message to the developers to investigate further your issue.

Kind regards

Hi @mubiesam,
You will need to follow the instructions given by your host provider because only you will have permissions to do the things they suggest (especially the restarting of Apache).

Hi @wpsolutions

I know and will follow the instruction, just asking whether you will consider to add the option for this kind of configuration in the different location.

Thanks

Hi @mubiesam
I will need to look into the bitnami setup to see if it will be at all possible and viable to do what you arw asking from a plugin.
If so then possibly something can be introduced in this plugin to address this.

Thanks