[Durham] WordPress failed login mystery

[Richard Patterson]

Lol, I was just about to offer help, but if you’re sorted now, no need :)

I use the iThemes Security plugin, which helps.

You can also install google authenticator 2FA plugin.

Hope that’s of use.

(sorry, I don’t check the mailing list that often these days)

Regards

Richard

From: Durham <durham-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk> On Behalf Of Dougie Nisbet via Durham
Sent: 22 March 2020 17:24
To: durham at mailman.lug.org.uk
Cc: Dougie Nisbet <dougie at katsura.uk>
Subject: Re: [Durham] WordPress failed login mystery


Yup, something to do with the .htaccess file (since you ask). I'm not sure if it was the syntax, but in the end I put the code in the parent directory, and specified the specific file used for logging in. i.e.:

<FilesMatch "wp-login.php">
AuthType Basic
AuthName "Secret stuff"
AuthUserFile <my auth file>
Require valid-user
</FilesMatch>

and that seems to have done the trick. ok, you can stand down.

Dougie
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