<code>.htaccess</code> files</description>
<syntax>AllowOverride All|None|<var>directive-type</var>
[<var>directive-type</var>] ...</syntax>
-<default>AllowOverride None (2.3.9 and later), AllowOverride All (2.3.8 and earlier)</default>
+<default>AllowOverride None</default>
<contextlist><context>directory</context></contextlist>
<usage>
<description>Individual directives that are allowed in
<code>.htaccess</code> files</description>
<syntax>AllowOverrideList None|<var>directive</var>
-[<var>directive-type</var>] ...</syntax>
+[<var>directive</var>] ...</syntax>
<default>AllowOverrideList None</default>
<contextlist><context>directory</context></contextlist>
grants permission to the <code>AuthConfig</code>
directive grouping and <directive>AllowOverrideList</directive> grants
permission to only two directives from the <code>FileInfo</code> directive
- grouping. All others will cause an Internal Server Error.</p>
+ grouping. The effective set of permitted directives is the union of
+ both. All others will cause an Internal Server Error.</p>
+
+ <p>In addition, certain directives are always permitted in
+ <code>.htaccess</code> files whenever the override mechanism is
+ enabled (i.e., <directive module="core">AllowOverride</directive>
+ is not <code>None</code>). These are listed in the
+ <a href="overrides.html#override-all">All</a> section of the
+ <a href="overrides.html">override class index</a>.</p>
</usage>
<seealso><directive module="core">AccessFileName</directive></seealso>