.htaccess RewriteRule forbidden except folder

Question

I have this rule in .htaccess

# prevents files starting with dot to be viewed by browser
RewriteRule /\.|^\. - [F]

I need Forbidden all files with start dot, it's OK. But I need allow folder .well-known

How do you do this?

Thanks a lot.

Answer 1

You could simply add another rule first, with nothing but the [L] flag, meaning "stop here if this rule matches":

# Match this path and do nothing
RewriteRule /\.well-known|^\.well-known - [L]
# prevents files starting with dot to be viewed by browser
RewriteRule /\.|^\. - [F]

Or you could qualify your existing rule with a RewriteCond:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ! /\.well-known|^\.well-known
RewriteRule /\.|^\. - [F]

Answer 2

您可以使用负数前瞻来允许该特定文件夹：

RewriteRule (?:^|/)\.(?!well-known(?:/.*)?$) - [F,NC]