Directory Privacy - can no longer access

[PCSxxx]

Username (e.g. epiz_XXX) or Website URL

epiz_27732914

Error Message

It appears the document root for the domain name .epizy.com does not exist, please contact support 89347349288

Other Information

I am trying to amend the Directory Privacy options for a website in order to add another user. It currently operates fine for an existing user. However, when I select Directory privacy from the Control Panel and select the website, I get the message above.

In File Manager beneath the webste address is htdocs and beneath that both .htaccess and .htpassword… (containing the password details that work for the existiong user).

[Admin]

I think the same situation applies as in this other topic:

Cannot Remove redirect

That’s very strange. I just tried it on your account and see the same error message you see. It’s strange because the document root of your website definitely exists. The Redirects tool in the control panel is a bit clumsy and sometimes has weird errors. That’s why I built a different Redirects tool in the client area that should be more sturdy. In the mean time, you can remove the redirect from your website by hand. Open the file manager and navigate to the folder of your subdomain. Open t…

A few things are different for your case:

• The client area counterpart of this feature is called Protected Directories.
• The .htaccess code for this feature is the set of lines that begins with #####THE FOLLOWING IS REQUIRED FOR PROTECTED FOLDERS and ends with ########END REQUIRE.

But besides that, it’s the same: you can remove the code by hand and use the client area version of the feature instead.

[PCSxxx]

Thanks very much for the extremely quick reply. I’ve done it as you suggested and it works perfectly!