AllowOverride
Syntax: AllowOverride override
override ...
Default: AllowOverride
All
Context: directory
Status: core
When the server finds an .htaccess file (as specified by AccessFileName) it needs to know which
directives declared in that file can override earlier access
information.
Override can be set to None
, in which
case the server will not read the file, All
in which
case the server will allow all the directives, or one or more of
the following:
- AuthConfig
-
Allow
use of the authorization directives (AuthDBMGroupFile, AuthDBMUserFile, AuthGroupFile, AuthName, AuthType, AuthUserFile, require, etc.).
- FileInfo
- Allow
use of the directives controlling document types (AddEncoding, AddLanguage, AddType,
DefaultType, ErrorDocument, LanguagePriority,
etc.).
- Indexes
- Allow
use of the directives controlling directory indexing (AddDescription, AddIcon, AddIconByEncoding,
AddIconByType, DefaultIcon, DirectoryIndex, FancyIndexing, HeaderName, IndexIgnore, IndexOptions, ReadmeName,
etc.).
- Limit
- Allow use
of the directives controlling host access (allow, deny and
order).
- Options
- Allow
use of the directives controlling specific directory features (Options and XBitHack).