provide a way to make configuration changes on a per-directory basis. A
file, containing one or more configuration directives, is placed in a
particular document directory, and the directives apply to that
directory, and all subdirectories thereof.</p>
<div class="note"><h3>Note:</h3>
<p>If you want to call your <code>.htaccess</code> file something
else, you can change the name of the file using the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#accessfilename">AccessFileName</a></code> directive. For example,
if you would rather call the file <code>.config</code> then you
can put the following in your server configuration file:</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
AccessFileName .config
</code></p></div>
</div>
<p>What you can put in these files is determined by the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#allowoverride">AllowOverride</a></code>
directive. This directive specifies, in categories, what directives
will be honored if they are found in a <code>.htaccess</code> file. If
a directive is permitted in a <code>.htaccess</code> file, the
documentation for that directive will contain an Override section,
specifying what value must be in <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#allowoverride">AllowOverride</a></code> in order
for that directive to be permitted.</p>
<p>For example, if you look at the documentation for the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#adddefaultcharset">AddDefaultCharset</a></code>
directive, you will find that it is permitted in <code>.htaccess</code>
files. (See the Context line in the directive summary.) The <a href="../mod/directive-dict.html#Context">Override</a> line reads
<code>FileInfo</code>. Thus, you must have at least
<code>AllowOverride FileInfo</code> in order for this directive to be
