When the server finds an .htaccess file (as specified by AccessFileName ), it needs to know which directives declared in that file can override earlier configuration directives.

When this directive is set to None and AllowOverride is set to None , then .htaccess files are completely ignored. In this case, the server will not even attempt to read .htaccess files in the filesystem.

Example:

AllowOverride None
AllowOverrideList Redirect RedirectMatch

In the example above, only the Redirect and RedirectMatch directives are allowed. All others will cause an internal server error.

Example:

AllowOverride AuthConfig
AllowOverrideList CookieTracking CookieName

In the example above, AllowOverride grants permission to the AuthConfig directive grouping and AllowOverrideList grants permission to only two directives from the FileInfo directive grouping. All others will cause an internal server error.

See also

• AccessFileName
• AllowOverride
• Configuration Files
• .htaccess Files