Doesn’t work

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Same here, protected a few test images but still viewable using the direct link (_pda). Cleared my browser cache, no caching on the site. Image is visible… Also, the ‘No Access’ re-direct does not work.

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Ok, there was a problem with server, it was Nginx… After edit conf it works, thanks!

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Hi, I’ve added these rules:

server {

    location / {
     ...
    }

   #Put our rewrite rules here, i.e.
   rewrite wp-content/uploads(/_pda/.*\.\w+)$ "/index.php?pda_v3_pf=$1" last;
   rewrite private/([a-zA-Z0-9-_]+)$ "/index.php?pda_v3_pf=$1&pdav3_rexypo=ymerexy" last;
}

Could you explain how does it work?
I set acces to protected files only for loggged-in users.
Protected files are available for users with urls like:

domain.com/wp-content/uploads/_pda/file.pdf

but I see that when I use url like:

domain.com/index.php?pda_v3_pf=/_pda/file.pdf
it also works (only for logged-in users)

I don’t see any rewrite.

Why? Am I doing something wrong?

• This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by Paul.
• This reply was modified 1 year, 9 months ago by Paul.

Hi Paul,

Sorry for the late response.

Similarly, The Rewrite Rule will change the original link to the protected links are changed as well:

• Default URL:?domain.com/wp-content/uploads/_pda/file.pdf
• Raw URL:?domain.com/index.php?pda_v3_pf=/_pda/file.pdf

You can understand default URL, and raw URL are both link protection. But the default URL has better structure.

As you said, the Raw URL is working so I think you are enabling Keep Raw URLs.

You have to block access to our?_pda?folder to prevent your user access to domain.com/wp-content/uploads/_pda/file.pdf

References: https://preventdirectaccess.com/docs/pda-rewrite-rules/#pda-folder

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