From: Joshua Slive When returning a document to the client the server looks for
- the first existing access control file from this list of names
- in every directory of the path to the document, if access
- control files are enabled for that directory. For example:
This directive enables the generation of
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ headers
</Directory> are used to enclose a group of
- directives which will apply only to the named directory and
- sub-directories of that directory. Any directive which is allowed
+ directives that will apply only to the named directory and
+ sub-directories of that directory. Any directive that is allowed
in a directory context may be used. Directory-path is
- either the full path to a directory, or a wild-card string. In a
- wild-card string, `?' matches any single character, and `*'
- matches any sequences of characters. You may
- also use `[]' character ranges like in the shell. Also as of
- Apache 1.3 none of the wildcards match a `/' character, which more
- closely mimics the behavior of Unix shells. Example:<Dircectory
+ /*/public_html> will not match
+ /home/user/public_html, but <Directory
+ /home/*/public_html> will match. Example:
This directive controls whether the httpd may use memory-mapping
- if it needs to read the contents of a file during delivery. By default,
- when the handling of a request requires access to the data within a file--
- for example, when delivering a server-parsed file using
This directive controls whether the httpd may use
+ memory-mapping if it needs to read the contents of a file during
+ delivery. By default, when the handling of a request requires
+ access to the data within a file-- for example, when delivering a
+ server-parsed file using
This memory-mapping sometimes yields a performance improvement. @@ -585,7 +589,7 @@ during delivery
The
</Files> directive. The
directives given within this section will be applied to any object
- with a basename (last component of filename) matching the
+ with a basename (not a full path) matching the
specified filename. The
This directive enables RFC1413-compliant logging of the
remote user name for each connection, where the client machine
@@ -929,6 +936,7 @@ if a test is true at startup
The The This directive allows inclusion of other configuration files
@@ -1080,7 +1091,7 @@ the server configuration files
Access controls are normally effective for
@@ -1178,6 +1190,7 @@ except the named ones This directive specifies the number of bytes from 0
@@ -1618,7 +1632,7 @@ matching URLs
Takes 1 or 2 parameters. The first parameter sets the soft
@@ -1917,8 +1929,6 @@ by Apache children
Takes 1 or 2 parameters. The first parameter sets the soft
@@ -1951,8 +1961,6 @@ processes launched by Apache children
Takes 1 or 2 parameters. The first parameter sets the soft
@@ -1985,12 +1993,13 @@ href="../mpm.html">MPMs.
Access policy if both The The The In many situations Apache has to construct a
<IfDefine
@@ -984,6 +992,7 @@ presence of absence of a specific module
<IfModule
@@ -1026,7 +1035,9 @@ presence of absence of a specific module