[solved] no custom 404 page ONLY in root of virtual host

[MPI]

attempting to browse: /user/public_html/fake_file.php
returns "Page not found";

attempting to browse anything in a subdir: /user/public_html/*/fake_file.php
returns stock 404 error:

404 Not Found
The resource requested could not be found on this server! Powered By LiteSpeed Web Server
LiteSpeed Technologies is not responsible for administration and contents of this web site!

now if I add a custom 404 page through the GUI (under the virtual host in discussion), then all missing URLs return "Page not found" (not my custom404.html page)

note: not only that, but after adding a custom 404 error page, my pre-existing custom 403 page gets corrupted/buggy.

p.s. this is a fresh litespeed install, meaning no apache configs are being used.

Please advise.

 

[MPI]

...anyone?


only temporary workaround I've come up with so far is to redirect all missing pages with a 410 flag...then setting up a custom 410 error message through the litespeed GUI.

ie:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule .? /error.htm [NC,L,R=410]

it seems the gui can create custom pages for all error codes EXCEPT 404...what gives??

 

[MPI]

nvmnd, PROBLEM SOLVED!

there is an incompatibility between litespeed & vbseo's rewrite rules.
...as soon as i disable vbseo, custom 404 pages work as expected.

turns out vbseo has it's own custom 404 page under it's control panel > general options > 404 page.

for anyone reading this: note that in addition to the above, you still still have a custom 404 page setup through litespeed control panel which will be used for all sub-directories.