htaccess question

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Hi guys. I have www.domain.com. On the same host i have www.mom.com and www.dad.com.
My main domain is www.domain.com and the folder is /public_html and the others are /mom and /dad inside /public_html.

The /mom and /dad folder are accessible from www.domain.com/mom and www.domain.com/dad .

How can i block the user or search engines to access www.domain.com/mom and www.domain.com/dad and only let the directories to be accessed from www.mom.com and www.dad.com .

Until now i used the following htaccess code that redirected the user to the domain in both mom and dad folders:

Code: 
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.mom.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mom.com/$1 [R=301]


But i want some code to block the access and not be redirect, just an error page or a not found page. Thanks.
 
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Put a robots.txt in the root domain?
 
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.mom.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mom.com/$1 [R=404]
 
I also believe the robots.txt may be your best answer
 
g0g0l said:
Put a robots.txt in the root domain?
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SEs never seem to care about robots.txt.. best would be to block it in htaccess

OPs case is one of the best examples why i always put seperate sites in separate directories outside public_html directory..
 
rutix said:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.mom.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.mom.com/$1 [R=404]
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Thanks but i doesn't work. Still when entering www.domain.com/mom it redirects me to www.mom.com. Only if i write mom.com without www i'm getting the error.

Anyone with another solution? Thanks!
I mention that on /mom and /dad i have wordpress installed.
I'm looking for a .htaccess code that can be applied in the /public_html folder.
 
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You don't need HTACCESS for this. If you're using shared hosting simply use the subfolder for your addon domain.

If users can still access your directories via public_html (www.domain.com) - that you may need to use HTACCESS to disallow access to subfolders.
 
kharm said:
You don't need HTACCESS for this. If you're using shared hosting simply use the subfolder for your addon domain.

If users can still access your directories via public_html (www.domain.com) - that you may need to use HTACCESS to disallow access to subfolders.
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I'm working for someone now, and i have only ftp access. I have 3 domains on the same host.

www.domain.com = public_html
www.mom.com = public_html/mom
www.dad.com = public_html/dad

I just want to make www.domain.com/mom and www.domain.com/dad unreachable.
 
Had to send you a method to try as a PM since the system think's I'm posting a URL
 
Thank you all for your replies. I don't think i'll ever find a solution. I think it's the hosting problem that automatically redirect the www.domain.com/mom to www.mom.com even i'm telling in the .htaccess not to do so. I tried all the solutions found on google and recommended by you and still no result. Thanks a lot.
 
Is mom and dad setup as subdomains of your domain I.e. through your control panel? If so, that would mean they never see your domains htaccess
 
I don't really know. I only have ftp access :(
 
You could try this. Create an htaccess file and place it in those directories with this code:

Code: 
# Block External Access
deny from all

Or just 301 redirect it like mentioned above. Or something like this for those directories:

Code: 
[COLOR=#ffffe0]RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^mom/(.*)$ http:[I]//www.domain.com/ [R=301,L][/I][/COLOR]
 
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MMM if that is the case, then htaccess can be used easily :)
innozemec said:
SEs never seem to care about robots.txt.. best would be to block it in htaccess

OPs case is one of the best examples why i always put seperate sites in separate directories outside public_html directory..
Click to expand...
 
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