Remove .htaccess files

[jtpalmer]

Description

Removes all .htaccess files along with .htaccess_maintenance, .htaccess_pass and .htaccess_production files.

Motivation and Context

Several of these files contain references to the ccr.buffalo.edu domain and port numbers that are used at CCR. There is no reason for them to be included here.

The current Open XDMoD configuration instructions do not use .htaccess. All the mod_rewrite rules are defined directly in the Apache configuration.

Tests performed

Installed Open XDMoD without .htaccess files.

Types of changes

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)

Checklist:

• My code follows the code style of this project as found in the CONTRIBUTING document.
• I have added tests to cover my changes.
• All new and existing tests passed.

[jpwhite4]

What ever happened to the "enable maintenance mode" ability? I thought it used these htaccess files to disable access.

[jtpalmer]

Some of our internal documentation still references set_portal_mode, but I can't find that script anywhere. We can move these files to the XSEDE repository if necessary.