After update to 6.0.2 and generate a new .htaccess
When I try to access UCP or MCP I receive:

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The page isn't redirecting properly
Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.
    *   This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept
          cookies.

This is my new .htaccess

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# Lines That should already be in your .htacess
<Files "config.php">
   Order Allow,Deny
   Deny from All
</Files>
<Files "common.php">
   Order Allow,Deny
   Deny from All
</Files>

# You may need to un-comment the following lines
# Options +FollowSymlinks
# To make sure that rewritten dir or file (/|.html) will not load dir.php in case it exist
# Options -MultiViews
# REMEBER YOU ONLY NEED TO STARD MOD REWRITE ONCE
RewriteEngine On
# REWRITE BASE
RewriteBase /
# HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO FORCE CANONICAL DOMAIN
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.kaminata\.net$ [NC]
# RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.kaminata.net/$1 [QSA,L,R=301]

# DO NOT GO FURTHER IF THE REQUESTED FILE / DIR DOES EXISTS
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule . - [L]
#####################################################
# PHPBB SEO REWRITE RULES ALL MODES
#####################################################
# AUTHOR : dcz www.phpbb-seo.com
# STARTED : 01/2006
#################################
# FORUMS PAGES
###############
# FORUM INDEX
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ index.php [QSA,L,NC]
# FORUM ALL MODES
RewriteRule ^(forum|[a-z0-9_-]*-f)([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewforum.php?f=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
# TOPIC WITH VIRTUAL FOLDER ALL MODES
RewriteRule ^(forum|[a-z0-9_-]*-f)([0-9]+)/(topic|[a-z0-9_-]*-t)([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewtopic.php?f=$2&t=$4&start=$6 [QSA,L,NC]
# GLOBAL ANNOUNCES WITH VIRTUAL FOLDER ALL MODES
RewriteRule ^announces/(topic|[a-z0-9_-]*-t)([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewtopic.php?t=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
# TOPIC WITHOUT FORUM ID & DELIM ALL MODES
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_-]*)/?(topic|[a-z0-9_-]*-t)([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewtopic.php?forum_uri=$1&t=$3&start=$5 [QSA,L,NC]
# PHPBB FILES ALL MODES
RewriteRule ^resources/[a-z0-9_-]+/(thumb/)?([0-9]+)$ download/file.php?id=$2&t=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
# PROFILES ALL MODES WITH ID
RewriteRule ^(member|[a-z0-9_-]*-u)([0-9]+)\.html$ memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=$2 [QSA,L,NC]
# USER MESSAGES ALL MODES WITH ID
RewriteRule ^(member|[a-z0-9_-]*-u)([0-9]+)-(topics|posts)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?author_id=$2&sr=$3&start=$5 [QSA,L,NC]
# GROUPS ALL MODES
RewriteRule ^(group|[a-z0-9_-]*-g)([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ memberlist.php?mode=group&g=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
# POST
RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+)\.html$ viewtopic.php?p=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
# ACTIVE TOPICS
RewriteRule ^active-topics(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?search_id=active_topics&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
# UNANSWERED TOPICS
RewriteRule ^unanswered(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?search_id=unanswered&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
# NEW POSTS
RewriteRule ^newposts(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?search_id=newposts&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
# THE TEAM
RewriteRule ^the-team\.html$ memberlist.php?mode=leaders [QSA,L,NC]
# HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO ADD OTHER PHPBB RELATED REWRITERULES

# FORUM WITHOUT ID & DELIM ALL MODES (SAME DELIM)
# THESE FOUR LINES MUST BE LOCATED AT THE END OF YOUR HTACCESS TO WORK PROPERLY
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_-]+)(-([0-9]+))\.html$ viewforum.php?forum_uri=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_-]+)\.html$ viewforum.php?forum_uri=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
# FIX RELATIVE PATHS : FILES
RewriteRule ^.+/(style\.php|ucp\.php|mcp\.php|faq\.php|download/file.php)$ $1 [QSA,L,NC,R=301]
# FIX RELATIVE PATHS : IMAGES
RewriteRule ^.+/(styles/.*|images/.*)/$ $1 [QSA,L,NC,R=301]
# END PHPBB PAGES
#####################################################

DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm portal.php index.php

This is my old .htaccess and it works.

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# Lines That should already be in your .htacess
<Files "config.php">
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from All
</Files>
<Files "common.php">
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from All
</Files>

# You may need to un-comment the following lines
# Options +FollowSymlinks
# To make sure that rewritten dir or file (/|.html) will not load dir.php in case it exist
# Options -MultiViews
# REMEBER YOU ONLY NEED TO STARD MOD REWRITE ONCE
RewriteEngine On
# REWRITE BASE
RewriteBase /
# HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO ADD THE WWW PREFIXE REDIRECTION

#####################################################
# PHPBB SEO REWRITE RULES - ADVANCED
#####################################################
# AUTHOR : dcz www.phpbb-seo.com
# STARTED : 01/2006
#################################
# FORUMS PAGES
###############
# FORUM INDEX
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ index.php [QSA,L,NC]
# FORUM
RewriteRule ^[a-z0-9_-]*-f([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewforum.php?f=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC]
# TOPIC WITH VIRTUAL FOLDER
RewriteRule ^[a-z0-9_-]*-f([0-9]+)/[a-z0-9_-]*-t([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewtopic.php?f=$1&t=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
# GLOBAL ANNOUNCES WITH VIRTUAL FOLDER
RewriteRule ^announces/[a-z0-9_-]*-t([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC]
# TOPIC WITHOUT FORUM ID & DELIM
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_-]*)/?[a-z0-9_-]*-t([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ viewtopic.php?forum_uri=$1&t=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
# PROFILES SIMPLE
RewriteRule ^member([0-9]+)\.html$ memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
# USER MESSAGES SIMPLE
RewriteRule ^member([0-9]+)-(topics|posts)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?author_id=$1&sr=$2&start=$4 [QSA,L,NC]
# GROUPS SIMPLE
RewriteRule ^group([0-9]+)(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ memberlist.php?mode=group&g=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC]
# POST
RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+)\.html$ viewtopic.php?p=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
# ACTIVE TOPICS
RewriteRule ^active-topics(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?search_id=active_topics&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
# UNANSWERED TOPICS
RewriteRule ^unanswered(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?search_id=unanswered&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
# NEW POSTS
RewriteRule ^newposts(-([0-9]+))?\.html$ search.php?search_id=newposts&start=$2&sr=topics [QSA,L,NC]
# THE TEAM
RewriteRule ^the-team\.html$ memberlist.php?mode=leaders [QSA,L,NC]
# HERE IS A GOOD PLACE TO ADD OTHER PHPBB RELATED REWRITERULES

# FORUM WITHOUT ID & DELIM
# THESE FOUR LINES MUST BE LOCATED AT THE END OF YOUR HTACCESS TO WORK PROPERLY
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_-]+)(-([0-9]+))\.html$ viewforum.php?forum_uri=$1&start=$3 [QSA,L,NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9_-]+)\.html$ viewforum.php?forum_uri=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
# END PHPBB PAGES
#####################################################

DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm portal.php index.php

Please help me

Have you tried commenting out this code?

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    RewriteRule ^.+/(style\.php|ucp\.php|mcp\.php|faq\.php|download/file.php)$ $1 [QSA,L,NC,R=301]


Give that a try and post back the results.

It is fine now. Thanks a lot.

Do I lose some benefit of commenting this line?

Thanks austin881! I just had the same issue and implemented the suggested change too and it's now working. I also wonder how this effects the phpBB SEO performance.

sotis thanks for having this problem at the time I did!

Yeah... unfortunately I don't think that is a good fix. It is more of a workaround until someone who knows more can post the fix.

Well it seems to be something to do with using a root (or virtual root) install without the / . As this is how my htaccess is set up and it seems sostis's is as well. Of course I don't know what the heck I'm talking about and really I'm just trying to bump this thread in hopes someone more adept at these things would be kind enough to give us there wisdom in this matter.

Why does this only happen if the styles, etc... are enabled for rewrite with htaccess?

So this rewriterule is an attempt to help dumb client (mostly bots) who could have some trouble with the base href tag. But it's not big deal to remove / comment it.

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Thank you, thank you, for your response DCZ.

The problem is, when I comment it out the attachments don't show up and the links to them are broken. I am using virtual root and image name rewrite, virtual directories and Advanced Mode with most every function on except member name rewrite rules. Can I post anything to help you see the what issue is? Any suggestion on what could be done?

This:

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RewriteRule ^.+/phpBB/(style\.php|ucp\.php|mcp\.php|faq\.php|download/file.php)$ /phpBB/$1 [QSA,L,NC,R=301]

instead of this:

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RewriteRule ^.+/(style\.php|ucp\.php|mcp\.php|faq\.php|download/file.php)$ /phpBB/$1 [QSA,L,NC,R=301]

works to show the styles and stop the redirect loop, but the attachments don't show in posts?

Maybe something needs to be added to this part:

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....|download/file.php)$....

But what? Some kind of wildcard like:

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....|download/file.php?*)$...

I'm just guessing...

Try to update to latest version and report again, the .htaccess went changed a little.

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The same error with the new version.

Just comment / delete that rewriterule to see if it gets better. If so, then, it's not a drama not to use this one. I'll have a look at the reasons though.

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Yeah, I did that and it works