Intro to Apache - ApacheCon
.htaccess files
  • Per-directory configuration file

  • Name of the file can be altered with the AccessFileName directive

  • The directives you are allowed to put in the file are controlled by the AllowOverride directive.

    
     None:       Forbids any directives being honored. .htaccess files 
                 are completely ignored
     AuthConfig: Allow use of the authorization directives 
     FileInfo:   Allow use of the directives controlling document types
     Indexes:    Allow use of the directives controlling directory indexing
     Limit:      Allow use of the directives controlling host access
     Options:    Allow use of the directives controlling specific 
                 directory features
     All:        All of the above
    		  

  • For example:

    
    AllowOverride AuthConfig Indexes
    		  

  • A very common use is authentication. More on this a little later.

  • For the most part, .htaccess files are for people that don't have access to the main server configuration file.
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