Nginx Rewrite Fails

Hi,
I'm trying to use the Nginx directive snippet of Isconfig3 to hide a directory by entering the following code:

location ~ /(private|lib) {
deny all;
return 403;
}

However, as a test when I try to access a file from that dir with (for example) example.com/private/somefile.php , I get a blank screen (which is correct as it is a php file w/o html) but not an error in the error log. I do not get a 403 forbidden from Nginx which makes me think the directive is not working.

Am I missing something?

I'm using Ispconfig3 on Centos 6.4 (Final).
Thanks for any help.
Ray

 

I think the problem is that it is a PHP file, so that the PHP location matches instead of this location.

Can you try this?

Code:

location ~ /(private|lib) {
  deny all;
  return 403;
  location ~ \.php$ {
    deny all;
    return 403;
  }
}

 

Thanks, that's just what it was.