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+<a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> &gt; <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> &gt; <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/">Documentation</a> &gt; <a href="../">Version 2.4</a> &gt; <a href="./">How-To / Tutorials</a></div><div id="page-content"><div id="preamble"><h1>Apache HTTP Server Tutorial: .htaccess files</h1>
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<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/howto/htaccess.html" title="English">&nbsp;en&nbsp;</a> |
<a href="../fr/howto/htaccess.html" hreflang="fr" rel="alternate" title="Français">&nbsp;fr&nbsp;</a> |
@@ -36,14 +39,14 @@ changes on a per-directory basis.</p>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#ssi">Server Side Includes example</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cgi">CGI example</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#troubleshoot">Troubleshooting</a></li>
-</ul></div>
+</ul><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div>
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<h2><a name="related" id="related">.htaccess files</a></h2>
- <table class="related"><tr><th>Related Modules</th><th>Related Directives</th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/core.html">core</a></code></li><li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html">mod_authn_file</a></code></li><li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html">mod_authz_groupfile</a></code></li><li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code></li><li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_include.html">mod_include</a></code></li><li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code></li></ul></td><td><ul><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#accessfilename">AccessFileName</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#allowoverride">AllowOverride</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#options">Options</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_core.html#authtype">AuthType</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_core.html#authname">AuthName</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html#authuserfile">AuthUserFile</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html#authgroupfile">AuthGroupFile</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_core.html#require">Require</a></code></li></ul></td></tr></table>
+ <table class="related"><tr><th>Related Modules</th><th>Related Directives</th></tr><tr><td><ul><li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/core.html">core</a></code></li><li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html">mod_authn_file</a></code></li><li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html">mod_authz_groupfile</a></code></li><li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code></li><li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_include.html">mod_include</a></code></li><li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code></li></ul></td><td><ul><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#accessfilename">AccessFileName</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#allowoverride">AllowOverride</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#options">Options</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#authtype">AuthType</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#authname">AuthName</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html#authuserfile">AuthUserFile</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html#authgroupfile">AuthGroupFile</a></code></li><li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#require">Require</a></code></li></ul></td></tr></table>
<div class="note">You should avoid using <code>.htaccess</code> files completely if you have access to
- httpd main server config file. Using <code>.htaccess</code> files slows down your Apache server.
+ httpd main server config file. Using <code>.htaccess</code> files slows down your Apache http server.
Any directive that you can include in a <code>.htaccess</code> file is better set in a <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#directory">Directory</a></code> block, as it will have the same effect with better performance.</div>
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<div class="section">
@@ -62,9 +65,8 @@ changes on a per-directory basis.</p>
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>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AccessFileName .config</pre>
+
</div>
<p>In general, <code>.htaccess</code> files use the same syntax as
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ changes on a per-directory basis.</p>
you don't have access to the main server configuration file. There is,
for example, a common misconception that user authentication should
always be done in <code>.htaccess</code> files, and, in more recent years,
- another miscomception that <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> directives
+ another misconception that <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code> directives
must go in <code>.htaccess</code> files. This is simply not the
case. You can put user authentication configurations in the main server
configuration, and this is, in fact, the preferred way to do
@@ -135,18 +137,18 @@ changes on a per-directory basis.</p>
<code>.htaccess</code> files.</p>
<p>The first of these is performance. When <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#allowoverride">AllowOverride</a></code>
- is set to allow the use of <code>.htaccess</code> files, Apache will
+ is set to allow the use of <code>.htaccess</code> files, httpd will
look in every directory for <code>.htaccess</code> files. Thus,
permitting <code>.htaccess</code> files causes a performance hit,
whether or not you actually even use them! Also, the
<code>.htaccess</code> file is loaded every time a document is
requested.</p>
- <p>Further note that Apache must look for <code>.htaccess</code> files
+ <p>Further note that httpd must look for <code>.htaccess</code> files
in all higher-level directories, in order to have a full complement of
directives that it must apply. (See section on <a href="#how">how
directives are applied</a>.) Thus, if a file is requested out of a
- directory <code>/www/htdocs/example</code>, Apache must look for the
+ directory <code>/www/htdocs/example</code>, httpd must look for the
following files:</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
@@ -191,31 +193,28 @@ changes on a per-directory basis.</p>
<p><code>.htaccess</code> file in <code>/www/htdocs/example</code>:</p>
<div class="example"><h3>Contents of .htaccess file in
- <code>/www/htdocs/example</code></h3><p><code>
- AddType text/example .exm
- </code></p></div>
+ <code>/www/htdocs/example</code></h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AddType text/example .exm</pre>
+</div>
<div class="example"><h3>Section from your <code>httpd.conf</code>
- file</h3><p><code>
- &lt;Directory /www/htdocs/example&gt;<br />
- <span class="indent">
- AddType text/example .exm<br />
- </span>
- &lt;/Directory&gt;
- </code></p></div>
+ file</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
+&lt;Directory /www/htdocs/example&gt;
+ AddType text/example .exm
+&lt;/Directory&gt;
+ </pre>
+</div>
<p>However, putting this configuration in your server configuration
file will result in less of a performance hit, as the configuration is
- loaded once when Apache starts, rather than every time a file is
+ loaded once when httpd starts, rather than every time a file is
requested.</p>
<p>The use of <code>.htaccess</code> files can be disabled completely
by setting the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#allowoverride">AllowOverride</a></code>
directive to <code>none</code>:</p>
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- AllowOverride None
- </code></p></div>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">AllowOverride None</pre>
+
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<div class="section">
<h2><a name="how" id="how">How directives are applied</a></h2>
@@ -236,9 +235,8 @@ changes on a per-directory basis.</p>
<p>In the directory <code>/www/htdocs/example1</code> we have a
<code>.htaccess</code> file containing the following:</p>
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- Options +ExecCGI
- </code></p></div>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Options +ExecCGI</pre>
+
<p>(Note: you must have "<code>AllowOverride Options</code>" in effect
to permit the use of the "<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#options">Options</a></code>" directive in
@@ -247,9 +245,8 @@ changes on a per-directory basis.</p>
<p>In the directory <code>/www/htdocs/example1/example2</code> we have
a <code>.htaccess</code> file containing:</p>
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- Options Includes
- </code></p></div>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">Options Includes</pre>
+
<p>Because of this second <code>.htaccess</code> file, in the directory
<code>/www/htdocs/example1/example2</code>, CGI execution is not
@@ -269,19 +266,16 @@ changes on a per-directory basis.</p>
prevent script execution while allowing anything else to be set in
<code>.htaccess</code> you can use:</p>
- <div class="example"><p><code>
-&lt;Directory /www/htdocs&gt;<br />
-<span class="indent">
-Allowoverride All<br />
-</span>
-&lt;/Directory&gt;<br />
-<br />
-&lt;Location /&gt;<br />
-<span class="indent">
-Options +IncludesNoExec -ExecCGI<br />
-</span>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
+&lt;Directory /www/htdocs&gt;
+ AllowOverride All
+&lt;/Directory&gt;
+
+&lt;Location /&gt;
+ Options +IncludesNoExec -ExecCGI<br />
&lt;/Location&gt;
- </code></p></div>
+ </pre>
+
<div class="note">This example assumes that your <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code> is <code>/www/htdocs</code>.</div>
@@ -307,13 +301,14 @@ Options +IncludesNoExec -ExecCGI<br />
<p><code>.htaccess</code> file contents:</p>
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- AuthType Basic<br />
- AuthName "Password Required"<br />
- AuthUserFile /www/passwords/password.file<br />
- AuthGroupFile /www/passwords/group.file<br />
- Require Group admins
- </code></p></div>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
+AuthType Basic
+AuthName "Password Required"
+AuthUserFile /www/passwords/password.file
+AuthGroupFile /www/passwords/group.file
+Require Group admins
+ </pre>
+
<p>Note that <code>AllowOverride AuthConfig</code> must be in effect
for these directives to have any effect.</p>
@@ -329,11 +324,12 @@ Options +IncludesNoExec -ExecCGI<br />
the following configuration directives, placed in a
<code>.htaccess</code> file in the desired directory:</p>
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- Options +Includes<br />
- AddType text/html shtml<br />
- AddHandler server-parsed shtml
- </code></p></div>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
+Options +Includes
+AddType text/html shtml
+AddHandler server-parsed shtml
+ </pre>
+
<p>Note that <code>AllowOverride Options</code> and <code>AllowOverride
FileInfo</code> must both be in effect for these directives to have any
@@ -349,19 +345,21 @@ Options +IncludesNoExec -ExecCGI<br />
the execution of CGI programs in a particular directory. This may be
implemented with the following configuration:</p>
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- Options +ExecCGI<br />
- AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl
- </code></p></div>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
+Options +ExecCGI
+AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl
+ </pre>
+
<p>Alternately, if you wish to have all files in the given directory be
considered to be CGI programs, this may be done with the following
configuration:</p>
- <div class="example"><p><code>
- Options +ExecCGI<br />
- SetHandler cgi-script
- </code></p></div>
+ <pre class="prettyprint lang-config">
+Options +ExecCGI
+SetHandler cgi-script
+ </pre>
+
<p>Note that <code>AllowOverride Options</code> and <code>AllowOverride
FileInfo</code> must both be in effect for these directives to have any
@@ -387,7 +385,7 @@ Options +IncludesNoExec -ExecCGI<br />
None</code> in effect.</p>
<p>If, on the other hand, you are getting server errors when trying to
- access documents, check your Apache error log. It will likely tell you
+ access documents, check your httpd error log. It will likely tell you
that the directive used in your <code>.htaccess</code> file is not
permitted.</p>
@@ -419,7 +417,28 @@ Options +IncludesNoExec -ExecCGI<br />
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