Title: Does it work
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Does it work

 *  Resolved [murray654](https://wordpress.org/support/users/murray654/)
 * (@murray654)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-work-10/)
 * I installed all in one security and enabled some features.
 * No changes were made to .htaccess
 * The plugin reports 140 points of 460 achievable points, and all critical features
   are reported to be “on”
 * But if the .htaccess file is still unchanged, how can this be working at all?
 * On my test system (using xampp) .htaccess is updated but on my live website, 
   there are no changes.
 * Please help!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [mbrsolution](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mbrsolution/)
 * (@mbrsolution)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-work-10/#post-5652248)
 * Hi murray654 can you report what features you have enabled that appear in Xampp?
   Are the features added in Xampp also added in your live website?
 *  Thread Starter [murray654](https://wordpress.org/support/users/murray654/)
 * (@murray654)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-work-10/#post-5652276)
 * For example when I enable the 5G Blacklist Firewall Rules, a lot gets added to
   my .htaccess on my test setup on windows, but nothing gets added to .htaccess
   on my live server.
 *  Thread Starter [murray654](https://wordpress.org/support/users/murray654/)
 * (@murray654)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-work-10/#post-5652284)
 * Now I got this error when disabling and re-enabling the plugin “AIOWPS encountered
   an error when trying to write to your .htaccess file. Please check the logs.”
   Where is the log?
 *  Thread Starter [murray654](https://wordpress.org/support/users/murray654/)
 * (@murray654)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-work-10/#post-5652287)
 * I see this in my servers error log:
    [Fri Jan 09 15:55:22 2015] [error] [client
   X.X.X.X] PHP Warning: file_exists() [[function.file-exists](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-work-10/function.file-exists?output_format=md)]:
   open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/var/www/vhosts/myhostname.com/wp-config.
   php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/www/vhosts/myhostname.com/httpdocs:/
   tmp) in /var/www/vhosts/myhostname.com/httpdocs/wp-load.php on line 31, referer:
   [http://www.myhostname.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=aiowpsec_settings&tab=tab3](http://www.myhostname.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=aiowpsec_settings&tab=tab3)[
   Fri Jan 09 15:55:23 2015] [error] [client X.X.X.X] PHP Warning: file_exists()[
   [function.file-exists](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-work-10/function.file-exists?output_format=md)]:
   open_basedir restriction in effect. File(/var/www/vhosts/myhostname.com/httpdocs/../
   wp-config.php) is not within the allowed path(s): (/var/www/vhosts/myhostname.
   com/httpdocs:/tmp) in /var/www/vhosts/myhostname.com/httpdocs/wp-admin/setup-
   config.php on line 56, referer: [http://www.myhostname.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=aiowpsec_settings&tab=tab3](http://www.myhostname.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=aiowpsec_settings&tab=tab3)
 *  Plugin Contributor [wpsolutions](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpsolutions/)
 * (@wpsolutions)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-work-10/#post-5652351)
 * The “open_basedir restriction in effect” issue is something which your host provider
   can help you with because it is occurring as result of a setting on your server.
   So try talking to your host provider.
 *  Thread Starter [murray654](https://wordpress.org/support/users/murray654/)
 * (@murray654)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-work-10/#post-5652477)
 * Thanks, the changes made by my host resolved the problem…

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 * Last reply from: [murray654](https://wordpress.org/support/users/murray654/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-it-work-10/#post-5652477)
 * Status: resolved