Password Protect a Directory with .htaccess in root directory

Question

I've created a directory in site root and used .htaccess/passwd files to build authentication. When navigating to that secure directory on front end I'm getting the EE 404 page template. Any ideas how to accomplish?

Here's my .htaccess file:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    RewriteEngine On
    RewriteBase /

    # Removes index.php from ExpressionEngine URLs
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET.*index\.php [NC]
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/system/.* [NC]
    RewriteRule (.*?)index\.php/*(.*) /$1$2 [R=301,NE,L]

    # Directs all EE web requests through the site index file
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /index.php/$1 [L]
</IfModule>

Answer 1

Are you sure you set everything up correctly? Do you use the default EE rewrites? Because the default rules check first to see if a requested URI is an actual file or folder first, and if it is, those rules prevent Apache from routing the request through index.php, and EE entirely. Then the file/folder is served by Apache directly. Please provide your EE .ht access rules, the folder you want protected's .htaccess, and your folder path.

Again, make sure you're using the default htaccess rules provided by EllisLabs. Would link out to it but on mobile right now. Google "EE htaccess" or "EE remove index.php" to find it quickly.