Managing Linux® Systems with Webmin™ System Administration and Module Development

29.16. Editing .htaccess Files

As explained in the introduction, Apache options can be set for a directory by creating a file in the directory named .htaccess. These are often created by normal users who do not have permission to edit the master web server configuration file and want to change the way Apache behaves when accessing their directories. .htaccess files can be used to set almost all of the options that you can configure on a per-directory basis, as explained in other sections of this chapter.

The options in one of these files apply to all the files in its directory and in any subdirectories. They can, however, be overridden by another such file lower down in the directory tree. Per-directory options in the main Apache configuration ...