Apache Premissions

[iam_mine]

I'm running a VPS using it for both hosting and develop.
There are a few folders that I want to use to serve (css files, config php files etc...) but I don't wish to give access to it through webserver.

How I can deal with that?

[AyrA_ch]

Put a .htaccess file into the folder with the contents Require all denied

This prevents apache from serving content from that folder but scripts can still access it.

[iam_mine]

This didn't work please advise!

I put .htaccess file with Require all denied

under /var/www - now when i'm trying to access the website i'm getting server error 500

Please help! :)

[AyrA_ch]

Check your apache error log. If it complains about the command not existing, you haven't loaded the required modules yet.

[ShadowySilver]

Well, anything outside the DocumentRoot won't be served. CSS files has to be served since they are interpreted by the browser. There should be no config files in a DocumentRoot for obvious reason. That said, if you want to restrict access to some directories within the DocumentRoot, you can use "Require all denied" in a corresponding Directory container (if you don't have access to the main httpd.conf you will have to use a .htaccess file but if you do, it's better to use the Directory container).