mirror of
				https://github.com/apache/httpd.git
				synced 2025-11-03 17:53:20 +03:00 
			
		
		
		
	git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/httpd/httpd/trunk@101931 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
		
			
				
	
	
		
			3130 lines
		
	
	
		
			166 KiB
		
	
	
	
		
			XML
		
	
	
	
	
	
			
		
		
	
	
			3130 lines
		
	
	
		
			166 KiB
		
	
	
	
		
			XML
		
	
	
	
	
	
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
 | 
						|
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
 | 
						|
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><head><!--
 | 
						|
        XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 | 
						|
              This file is generated from xml source: DO NOT EDIT
 | 
						|
        XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
 | 
						|
      -->
 | 
						|
<title>core - Apache HTTP Server</title>
 | 
						|
<link href="../style/css/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="Main stylesheet" />
 | 
						|
<link href="../style/css/manual-loose-100pc.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="No Sidebar - Default font size" />
 | 
						|
<link href="../style/css/manual-print.css" rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" />
 | 
						|
<link href="../images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" /></head>
 | 
						|
<body>
 | 
						|
<div id="page-header">
 | 
						|
<p class="menu"><a href="../mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="../mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="../faq/">FAQ</a> | <a href="../glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="../sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p>
 | 
						|
<p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.1</p>
 | 
						|
<img alt="" src="../images/feather.gif" /></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="<-" alt="<-" src="../images/left.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div id="path">
 | 
						|
<a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/">Documentation</a> > <a href="../">Version 2.1</a> > <a href="./">Modules</a></div>
 | 
						|
<div id="page-content">
 | 
						|
<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Core Features</h1>
 | 
						|
<div class="toplang">
 | 
						|
<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../de/mod/core.html" hreflang="de" rel="alternate" title="Deutsch"> de </a> |
 | 
						|
<a href="../en/mod/core.html" title="English"> en </a> |
 | 
						|
<a href="../ja/mod/core.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese"> ja </a></p>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Core Apache HTTP Server features that are always
 | 
						|
available</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr></table>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul id="toc">
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#acceptpathinfo">AcceptPathInfo</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#accessfilename">AccessFileName</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#adddefaultcharset">AddDefaultCharset</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#addoutputfilterbytype">AddOutputFilterByType</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#allowencodedslashes">AllowEncodedSlashes</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#allowoverride">AllowOverride</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#authname">AuthName</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#authtype">AuthType</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#cgimapextension">CGIMapExtension</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#contentdigest">ContentDigest</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#defaulttype">DefaultType</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#directory"><Directory></a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#directorymatch"><DirectoryMatch></a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#enablemmap">EnableMMAP</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#enablesendfile">EnableSendfile</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#errordocument">ErrorDocument</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#errorlog">ErrorLog</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#fileetag">FileETag</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#files"><Files></a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#filesmatch"><FilesMatch></a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#forcetype">ForceType</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#hostnamelookups">HostnameLookups</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#ifdefine"><IfDefine></a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#ifmodule"><IfModule></a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#include">Include</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#keepalive">KeepAlive</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#keepalivetimeout">KeepAliveTimeout</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#limit"><Limit></a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#limitexcept"><LimitExcept></a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#limitinternalrecursion">LimitInternalRecursion</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#limitrequestbody">LimitRequestBody</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#limitrequestfields">LimitRequestFields</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#limitrequestfieldsize">LimitRequestFieldSize</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#limitrequestline">LimitRequestLine</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#limitxmlrequestbody">LimitXMLRequestBody</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#location"><Location></a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#locationmatch"><LocationMatch></a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#loglevel">LogLevel</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#maxkeepaliverequests">MaxKeepAliveRequests</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#namevirtualhost">NameVirtualHost</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#options">Options</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#require">Require</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#rlimitcpu">RLimitCPU</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#rlimitmem">RLimitMEM</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#rlimitnproc">RLimitNPROC</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#satisfy">Satisfy</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#scriptinterpretersource">ScriptInterpreterSource</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#serveradmin">ServerAdmin</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#serveralias">ServerAlias</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#servername">ServerName</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#serverpath">ServerPath</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#serversignature">ServerSignature</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#servertokens">ServerTokens</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#sethandler">SetHandler</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#timeout">TimeOut</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#usecanonicalname">UseCanonicalName</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#virtualhost"><VirtualHost></a></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AcceptPathInfo" id="AcceptPathInfo">AcceptPathInfo</a> <a name="acceptpathinfo" id="acceptpathinfo">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Resources accept trailing pathname information</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AcceptPathInfo On|Off|Default</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>AcceptPathInfo Default</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.0.30 and later</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive controls whether requests that contain trailing
 | 
						|
    pathname information that follows an actual filename (or
 | 
						|
    non-existent file in an existing directory) will be accepted or
 | 
						|
    rejected.  The trailing pathname information can be made
 | 
						|
    available to scripts in the <code>PATH_INFO</code> environment
 | 
						|
    variable.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>For example, assume the location <code>/test/</code> points to
 | 
						|
    a directory that contains only the single file
 | 
						|
    <code>here.html</code>.  Then requests for
 | 
						|
    <code>/test/here.html/more</code> and
 | 
						|
    <code>/test/nothere.html/more</code> both collect
 | 
						|
    <code>/more</code> as <code>PATH_INFO</code>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The three possible arguments for the
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive">AcceptPathInfo</code> directive are:</p>
 | 
						|
    <dl>
 | 
						|
    <dt><code>Off</code></dt><dd>A request will only be accepted if it
 | 
						|
    maps to a literal path that exists.  Therefore a request with
 | 
						|
    trailing pathname information after the true filename such as
 | 
						|
    <code>/test/here.html/more</code> in the above example will return
 | 
						|
    a 404 NOT FOUND error.</dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <dt><code>On</code></dt><dd>A request will be accepted if a
 | 
						|
    leading path component maps to a file that exists.  The above
 | 
						|
    example <code>/test/here.html/more</code> will be accepted if
 | 
						|
    <code>/test/here.html</code> maps to a valid file.</dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <dt><code>Default</code></dt><dd>The treatment of requests with
 | 
						|
    trailing pathname information is determined by the <a href="../handler.html">handler</a> responsible for the request.
 | 
						|
    The core handler for normal files defaults to rejecting
 | 
						|
    <code>PATH_INFO</code> requests. Handlers that serve scripts, such as <a href="mod_cgi.html">cgi-script</a> and <a href="mod_isapi.html">isapi-isa</a>, generally accept
 | 
						|
    <code>PATH_INFO</code> by default.</dd>
 | 
						|
    </dl>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The primary purpose of the <code>AcceptPathInfo</code>
 | 
						|
    directive is to allow you to override the handler's choice of
 | 
						|
    accepting or rejecting <code>PATH_INFO</code>. This override is required,
 | 
						|
    for example, when you use a <a href="../filter.html">filter</a>, such
 | 
						|
    as <a href="mod_include.html">INCLUDES</a>, to generate content
 | 
						|
    based on <code>PATH_INFO</code>.  The core handler would usually reject
 | 
						|
    the request, so you can use the following configuration to enable
 | 
						|
    such a script:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Files "mypaths.shtml"><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        Options +Includes<br />
 | 
						|
        SetOutputFilter INCLUDES<br />
 | 
						|
        AcceptPathInfo On<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Files>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AccessFileName" id="AccessFileName">AccessFileName</a> <a name="accessfilename" id="accessfilename">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Name of the distributed configuration file</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AccessFileName <var>filename</var> [<var>filename</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>AccessFileName .htaccess</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>While processing a request the server looks for
 | 
						|
    the first existing configuration file from this list of names in
 | 
						|
    every directory of the path to the document, if distributed
 | 
						|
    configuration files are <a href="#allowoverride">enabled for that
 | 
						|
    directory</a>. For example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      AccessFileName .acl
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>before returning the document
 | 
						|
    <code>/usr/local/web/index.html</code>, the server will read
 | 
						|
    <code>/.acl</code>, <code>/usr/.acl</code>,
 | 
						|
    <code>/usr/local/.acl</code> and <code>/usr/local/web/.acl</code>
 | 
						|
    for directives, unless they have been disabled with</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Directory /><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        AllowOverride None<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Directory>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#allowoverride">AllowOverride</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../configuring.html">Configuration Files</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../howto/htaccess.html">.htaccess Files</a></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddDefaultCharset" id="AddDefaultCharset">AddDefaultCharset</a> <a name="adddefaultcharset" id="adddefaultcharset">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Default character set to be added for a
 | 
						|
response without an explicit character set</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddDefaultCharset On|Off|<var>charset</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>AddDefaultCharset Off</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive specifies the name of the character set that
 | 
						|
    will be added to any response that does not have any parameter on
 | 
						|
    the content type in the HTTP headers. This will override any
 | 
						|
    character set specified in the body of the document via a
 | 
						|
    <code>META</code> tag. A setting of <code>AddDefaultCharset
 | 
						|
    Off</code> disables this
 | 
						|
    functionality. <code>AddDefaultCharset On</code> enables
 | 
						|
    Apache's internal default charset of <code>iso-8859-1</code> as
 | 
						|
    required by the directive. You can also specify an alternate
 | 
						|
    <var>charset</var> to be used. For example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      AddDefaultCharset utf-8
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AddOutputFilterByType" id="AddOutputFilterByType">AddOutputFilterByType</a> <a name="addoutputfilterbytype" id="addoutputfilterbytype">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>assigns an output filter to a particular MIME-type</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AddOutputFilterByType <var>filter</var>[;<var>filter</var>...]
 | 
						|
<var>MIME-type</var> [<var>MIME-type</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.0.33 and later</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive activates a particular output <a href="../filter.html">filter</a> for a request depending on the
 | 
						|
    response MIME-type.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The following example uses the <code>DEFLATE</code> filter, which
 | 
						|
    is provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_deflate.html">mod_deflate</a></code>. It will compress all
 | 
						|
    output (either static or dynamic) which is labeled as
 | 
						|
    <code>text/html</code> or <code>text/plain</code> before it is sent
 | 
						|
    to the client.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>If you want the content to be processed by more than one filter, their
 | 
						|
    names have to be separated by semicolons. It's also possible to use one
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive">AddOutputFilterByType</code> directive for each of
 | 
						|
    these filters.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The configuration below causes all script output labeled as
 | 
						|
    <code>text/html</code> to be processed at first by the
 | 
						|
    <code>INCLUDES</code> filter and then by the <code>DEFLATE</code>
 | 
						|
    filter.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
    <Location /cgi-bin/><br />
 | 
						|
    <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
      Options Includes<br />
 | 
						|
      AddOutputFilterByType INCLUDES;DEFLATE text/html<br />
 | 
						|
    </span>
 | 
						|
    </Location>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="warning"><h3>Note</h3>
 | 
						|
      <p>Enabling filters with <code class="directive">AddOutputFilterByType</code>
 | 
						|
      may fail partially or completely in some cases. For expample, no
 | 
						|
      filters are applied if the MIME-type could not be determined  and falls
 | 
						|
      back to the <code class="directive"><a href="#defaulttype">DefaultType</a></code> setting,
 | 
						|
      even if the <code class="directive"><a href="#defaulttype">DefaultType</a></code> is the
 | 
						|
      same.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <p>However, if you want to make sure, that the filters will be
 | 
						|
      applied, assign the content type to a resource explicitely, for
 | 
						|
      example with <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addtype">AddType</a></code> or
 | 
						|
      <code class="directive"><a href="#forcetype">ForceType</a></code>. Setting the
 | 
						|
      content type within a (non-nph) CGI script is also safe.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <p>The by-type output filters are never applied on proxy requests.</p>
 | 
						|
    </div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../filter.html">filters</a></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AllowEncodedSlashes" id="AllowEncodedSlashes">AllowEncodedSlashes</a> <a name="allowencodedslashes" id="allowencodedslashes">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Determines whether encoded path separators in URLs are allowed to
 | 
						|
be passed through</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AllowEncodedSlashes On|Off</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>AllowEncodedSlashes Off</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.0.46 and later</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">AllowEncodedSlashes</code> directive allows URLs
 | 
						|
    which contain encoded path separators (<code>%2F</code> for <code>/</code>
 | 
						|
    and additionally <code>%5C</code> for <code>\</code> on according systems)
 | 
						|
    to be used. Normally such URLs are refused with a 404 (Not found) error.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Turning <code class="directive">AllowEncodedSlashes</code> <code>On</code> is
 | 
						|
    mostly useful when used in conjunction with <code>PATH_INFO</code>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
 | 
						|
      <p>Allowing encoded slashes does <em>not</em> imply <em>decoding</em>.
 | 
						|
      Occurences of <code>%2F</code> or <code>%5C</code> (<em>only</em> on
 | 
						|
      according systems) will be left as such in the otherwise decoded URL
 | 
						|
      string.</p>
 | 
						|
    </div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#acceptpathinfo">AcceptPathInfo</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AllowOverride" id="AllowOverride">AllowOverride</a> <a name="allowoverride" id="allowoverride">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Types of directives that are allowed in
 | 
						|
.htaccess files</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AllowOverride All|None|<var>directive-type</var>
 | 
						|
[<var>directive-type</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>AllowOverride All</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>When the server finds an <code>.htaccess</code> file (as
 | 
						|
    specified by <code class="directive"><a href="#accessfilename">AccessFileName</a></code>)
 | 
						|
    it needs to know which directives declared in that file can override
 | 
						|
    earlier configuration directives.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="note"><h3>Only available in <Directory> sections</h3>
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive">AllowOverride</code> is valid only in
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="#directory"><Directory></a></code>
 | 
						|
    sections, not in <code class="directive"><a href="#location"><Location></a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="#files"><Files></a></code> sections.
 | 
						|
    </div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>When this directive is set to <code>None</code>, then
 | 
						|
    <a href="#accessfilename">.htaccess</a> files are completely ignored.
 | 
						|
    In this case, the server will not even attempt to read
 | 
						|
    <code>.htaccess</code> files in the filesystem.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>When this directive is set to <code>All</code>, then any
 | 
						|
    directive which has the .htaccess <a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context</a> is allowed in
 | 
						|
    <code>.htaccess</code> files.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The <var>directive-type</var> can be one of the following
 | 
						|
    groupings of directives.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <dl>
 | 
						|
      <dt>AuthConfig</dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      Allow use of the authorization directives (<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbm.html#authdbmgroupfile">AuthDBMGroupFile</a></code>,
 | 
						|
      <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbm.html#authdbmuserfile">AuthDBMUserFile</a></code>,
 | 
						|
      <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html#authgroupfile">AuthGroupFile</a></code>,
 | 
						|
      <code class="directive"><a href="#authname">AuthName</a></code>,
 | 
						|
      <code class="directive"><a href="#authtype">AuthType</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html#authuserfile">AuthUserFile</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#require">Require</a></code>, <em>etc.</em>).</dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt>FileInfo</dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>
 | 
						|
      Allow use of the directives controlling document types (<code class="directive"><a href="#defaulttype">DefaultType</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#errordocument">ErrorDocument</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#forcetype">ForceType</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html#languagepriority">LanguagePriority</a></code>,
 | 
						|
      <code class="directive"><a href="#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#setinputfilter">SetInputFilter</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="#setoutputfilter">SetOutputFilter</a></code>, and
 | 
						|
      <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> Add* and Remove*
 | 
						|
      directives, <em>etc.</em>).</dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt>Indexes</dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>
 | 
						|
      Allow use of the directives controlling directory indexing
 | 
						|
      (<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_autoindex.html#adddescription">AddDescription</a></code>,
 | 
						|
      <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_autoindex.html#addicon">AddIcon</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_autoindex.html#addiconbyencoding">AddIconByEncoding</a></code>,
 | 
						|
      <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_autoindex.html#addiconbytype">AddIconByType</a></code>,
 | 
						|
      <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_autoindex.html#defaulticon">DefaultIcon</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_dir.html#directoryindex">DirectoryIndex</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_autoindex.html#fancyindexing">FancyIndexing</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_autoindex.html#headername">HeaderName</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_autoindex.html#indexignore">IndexIgnore</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_autoindex.html#indexoptions">IndexOptions</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_autoindex.html#readmename">ReadmeName</a></code>,
 | 
						|
      <em>etc.</em>).</dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt>Limit</dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>
 | 
						|
      Allow use of the directives controlling host access (<code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_host.html#allow">Allow</a></code>, <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_host.html#deny">Deny</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_host.html#order">Order</a></code>).</dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt>Options</dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>
 | 
						|
      Allow use of the directives controlling specific directory
 | 
						|
      features (<code class="directive"><a href="#options">Options</a></code> and
 | 
						|
      <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_include.html#xbithack">XBitHack</a></code>).</dd>
 | 
						|
    </dl>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      AllowOverride AuthConfig Indexes
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#accessfilename">AccessFileName</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../configuring.html">Configuration Files</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../howto/htaccess.html">.htaccess Files</a></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AuthName" id="AuthName">AuthName</a> <a name="authname" id="authname">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Authorization realm for use in HTTP
 | 
						|
authentication</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AuthName <var>auth-domain</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive sets the name of the authorization realm for a
 | 
						|
    directory. This realm is given to the client so that the user
 | 
						|
    knows which username and password to send.
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive">AuthName</code> takes a single argument; if the
 | 
						|
    realm name contains spaces, it must be enclosed in quotation
 | 
						|
    marks.  It must be accompanied by <code class="directive"><a href="#authtype">AuthType</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="#require">Require</a></code> directives, and directives such
 | 
						|
    as <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html#authuserfile">AuthUserFile</a></code> and
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html#authgroupfile">AuthGroupFile</a></code> to
 | 
						|
    work.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
   <p>For example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
   <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
     AuthName "Top Secret"
 | 
						|
   </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The string provided for the <code>AuthName</code> is what will
 | 
						|
    appear in the password dialog provided by most browsers.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../howto/auth.html">Authentication, Authorization, and
 | 
						|
    Access Control</a></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="AuthType" id="AuthType">AuthType</a> <a name="authtype" id="authtype">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Type of user authentication</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>AuthType Basic|Digest</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive selects the type of user authentication for a
 | 
						|
    directory. Only <code>Basic</code> and <code>Digest</code> are
 | 
						|
    currently implemented.
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
     It must be accompanied by <code class="directive"><a href="#authname">AuthName</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="#require">Require</a></code> directives, and directives such
 | 
						|
     as <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html#authuserfile">AuthUserFile</a></code> and
 | 
						|
     <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html#authgroupfile">AuthGroupFile</a></code> to
 | 
						|
     work.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../howto/auth.html">Authentication, Authorization,
 | 
						|
and Access Control</a></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="CGIMapExtension" id="CGIMapExtension">CGIMapExtension</a> <a name="cgimapextension" id="cgimapextension">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Technique for locating the interpreter for CGI
 | 
						|
scripts</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>CGIMapExtension <var>cgi-path</var> <var>.extension</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>NetWare only</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive is used to control how Apache finds the
 | 
						|
    interpreter used to run CGI scripts. For example, setting
 | 
						|
    <code>CGIMapExtension sys:\foo.nlm .foo</code> will
 | 
						|
    cause all CGI script files with a <code>.foo</code> extension to
 | 
						|
    be passed to the FOO interpreter.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ContentDigest" id="ContentDigest">ContentDigest</a> <a name="contentdigest" id="contentdigest">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Enables the generation of Content-MD5 HTTP Response
 | 
						|
headers</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ContentDigest On|Off</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ContentDigest Off</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>Options</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive enables the generation of
 | 
						|
    <code>Content-MD5</code> headers as defined in RFC1864
 | 
						|
    respectively RFC2068.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>MD5 is an algorithm for computing a "message digest"
 | 
						|
    (sometimes called "fingerprint") of arbitrary-length data, with
 | 
						|
    a high degree of confidence that any alterations in the data
 | 
						|
    will be reflected in alterations in the message digest.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code>Content-MD5</code> header provides an end-to-end
 | 
						|
    message integrity check (MIC) of the entity-body. A proxy or
 | 
						|
    client may check this header for detecting accidental
 | 
						|
    modification of the entity-body in transit. Example header:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      Content-MD5: AuLb7Dp1rqtRtxz2m9kRpA==
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Note that this can cause performance problems on your server
 | 
						|
    since the message digest is computed on every request (the
 | 
						|
    values are not cached).</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p><code>Content-MD5</code> is only sent for documents served
 | 
						|
    by the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/core.html">core</a></code>, and not by any module. For example,
 | 
						|
    SSI documents, output from CGI scripts, and byte range responses
 | 
						|
    do not have this header.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="DefaultType" id="DefaultType">DefaultType</a> <a name="defaulttype" id="defaulttype">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>MIME content-type that will be sent if the
 | 
						|
server cannot determine a type in any other way</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>DefaultType <var>MIME-type</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>DefaultType text/plain</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>There will be times when the server is asked to provide a
 | 
						|
    document whose type cannot be determined by its MIME types
 | 
						|
    mappings.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The server must inform the client of the content-type of the
 | 
						|
    document, so in the event of an unknown type it uses the
 | 
						|
    <code>DefaultType</code>. For example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      DefaultType image/gif
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>would be appropriate for a directory which contained many GIF
 | 
						|
    images with filenames missing the <code>.gif</code> extension.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Note that unlike <code class="directive"><a href="#forcetype">ForceType</a></code>, this directive only
 | 
						|
    provides the default mime-type. All other mime-type definitions,
 | 
						|
    including filename extensions, that might identify the media type
 | 
						|
    will override this default.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Directory" id="Directory"><Directory></a> <a name="directory" id="directory">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Enclose a group of directives that apply only to the
 | 
						|
named file-system directory and sub-directories</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code><Directory <var>directory-path</var>>
 | 
						|
... </Directory></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p><code class="directive"><Directory></code> and
 | 
						|
    <code></Directory></code> are used to enclose a group of
 | 
						|
    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. <var>Directory-path</var> is
 | 
						|
    either the full path to a directory, or a wild-card string using
 | 
						|
    Unix shell-style matching. In a wild-card string, <code>?</code> matches
 | 
						|
    any single character, and <code>*</code> matches any sequences of
 | 
						|
    characters. You may also use <code>[]</code> character ranges. None
 | 
						|
    of the wildcards match a `/' character, so <code><Directory
 | 
						|
    /*/public_html></code> will not match
 | 
						|
    <code>/home/user/public_html</code>, but <code><Directory
 | 
						|
    /home/*/public_html></code> will match. Example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Directory /usr/local/httpd/htdocs><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Directory>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="note">
 | 
						|
      <p>Be careful with the <var>directory-path</var> arguments:
 | 
						|
      They have to literally match the filesystem path which Apache uses
 | 
						|
      to access the files. Directives applied to a particular
 | 
						|
      <code><Directory></code> will not apply to files accessed from
 | 
						|
      that same directory via a different path, such as via different symbolic
 | 
						|
      links.</p>
 | 
						|
    </div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Extended regular
 | 
						|
    expressions can also be used, with the addition of the
 | 
						|
    <code>~</code> character. For example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Directory ~ "^/www/.*/[0-9]{3}">
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>would match directories in <code>/www/</code> that consisted of
 | 
						|
    three numbers.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>If multiple (non-regular expression) <code class="directive"><Directory></code> sections
 | 
						|
    match the directory (or one of its parents) containing a document,
 | 
						|
    then the directives are applied in the order of shortest match
 | 
						|
    first, interspersed with the directives from the <a href="#accessfilename">.htaccess</a> files. For example,
 | 
						|
    with</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Directory /><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        AllowOverride None<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Directory><br />
 | 
						|
      <br />
 | 
						|
      <Directory /home/><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        AllowOverride FileInfo<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Directory>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>for access to the document <code>/home/web/dir/doc.html</code>
 | 
						|
    the steps are:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
      <li>Apply directive <code>AllowOverride None</code>
 | 
						|
      (disabling <code>.htaccess</code> files).</li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <li>Apply directive <code>AllowOverride FileInfo</code> (for
 | 
						|
      directory <code>/home</code>).</li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <li>Apply any <code>FileInfo</code> directives in
 | 
						|
      <code>/home/.htaccess</code>, <code>/home/web/.htaccess</code> and
 | 
						|
      <code>/home/web/dir/.htaccess</code> in that order.</li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Regular expressions are not considered until after all of the
 | 
						|
    normal sections have been applied. Then all of the regular
 | 
						|
    expressions are tested in the order they appeared in the
 | 
						|
    configuration file. For example, with</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Directory ~ abc$><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        # ... directives here ...<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Directory>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>the regular expression section won't be considered until after
 | 
						|
    all normal <code class="directive"><Directory></code>s and
 | 
						|
    <code>.htaccess</code> files have been applied. Then the regular
 | 
						|
    expression will match on <code>/home/abc/public_html/abc</code> and
 | 
						|
    the corresponding <code class="directive"><Directory></code> will
 | 
						|
    be applied.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
   <p><strong>Note that the default Apache access for
 | 
						|
    <code><Directory /></code> is <code>Allow from All</code>.
 | 
						|
    This means that Apache will serve any file mapped from an URL. It is
 | 
						|
    recommended that you change this with a block such
 | 
						|
    as</strong></p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Directory /><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        Order Deny,Allow<br />
 | 
						|
        Deny from All<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Directory>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p><strong>and then override this for directories you
 | 
						|
    <em>want</em> accessible. See the <a href="../misc/security_tips.html">Security Tips</a> page for more
 | 
						|
    details.</strong></p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The directory sections occur in the <code>httpd.conf</code> file.
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><Directory></code> directives
 | 
						|
    cannot nest, and cannot appear in a <code class="directive"><a href="#limit"><Limit></a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="#limitexcept"><LimitExcept></a></code> section.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../sections.html">How <Directory>,
 | 
						|
    <Location> and <Files> sections work</a> for an
 | 
						|
    explanation of how these different sections are combined when a
 | 
						|
    request is received</li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="DirectoryMatch" id="DirectoryMatch"><DirectoryMatch></a> <a name="directorymatch" id="directorymatch">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Enclose directives that apply to
 | 
						|
file-system directories matching a regular expression and their
 | 
						|
subdirectories</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code><DirectoryMatch <var>regex</var>>
 | 
						|
... </DirectoryMatch></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p><code class="directive"><DirectoryMatch></code> and
 | 
						|
    <code></DirectoryMatch></code> are used to enclose a group
 | 
						|
    of directives which will apply only to the named directory and
 | 
						|
    sub-directories of that directory, the same as <code class="directive"><a href="#directory"><Directory></a></code>. However, it
 | 
						|
    takes as an argument a regular expression. For example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <DirectoryMatch "^/www/.*/[0-9]{3}">
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>would match directories in <code>/www/</code> that consisted of three
 | 
						|
    numbers.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#directory"><Directory></a></code> for
 | 
						|
a description of how regular expressions are mixed in with normal
 | 
						|
<code class="directive"><Directory></code>s</li>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../sections.html">How <Directory>, <Location> and
 | 
						|
<Files> sections work</a> for an explanation of how these different
 | 
						|
sections are combined when a request is received</li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="DocumentRoot" id="DocumentRoot">DocumentRoot</a> <a name="documentroot" id="documentroot">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Directory that forms the main document tree visible
 | 
						|
from the web</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>DocumentRoot <var>directory-path</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>DocumentRoot /usr/local/apache/htdocs</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive sets the directory from which <code>httpd</code>
 | 
						|
    will serve files. Unless matched by a directive like <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#alias">Alias</a></code>, the server appends the
 | 
						|
    path from the requested URL to the document root to make the
 | 
						|
    path to the document. Example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      DocumentRoot /usr/web
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>then an access to
 | 
						|
    <code>http://www.my.host.com/index.html</code> refers to
 | 
						|
    <code>/usr/web/index.html</code>. If the <var>directory-path</var> is 
 | 
						|
    not absolute then it is assumed to be relative to the <code class="directive"><a href="#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">DocumentRoot</code> should be specified without
 | 
						|
    a trailing slash.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../urlmapping.html">Mapping URLs to Filesystem
 | 
						|
Location</a></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="EnableMMAP" id="EnableMMAP">EnableMMAP</a> <a name="enablemmap" id="enablemmap">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Use memory-mapping to read files during delivery</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>EnableMMAP On|Off</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>EnableMMAP On</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive controls whether the <code>httpd</code> 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 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_include.html">mod_include</a></code> -- Apache
 | 
						|
    memory-maps the file if the OS supports it.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>This memory-mapping sometimes yields a performance improvement.
 | 
						|
    But in some environments, it is better to disable the memory-mapping
 | 
						|
    to prevent operational problems:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
    <li>On some multiprocessor systems, memory-mapping can reduce the
 | 
						|
    performance of the <code>httpd</code>.</li>
 | 
						|
    <li>With an NFS-mounted <code class="directive"><a href="#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code>,
 | 
						|
    the <code>httpd</code> may crash due to a segmentation fault if a file
 | 
						|
    is deleted or truncated while the <code>httpd</code> has it
 | 
						|
    memory-mapped.</li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>For server configurations that are vulnerable to these problems,
 | 
						|
    you should disable memory-mapping of delivered files by specifying:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      EnableMMAP Off
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>For NFS mounted files, this feature may be disabled explicitly for
 | 
						|
    the offending files by specifying:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Directory "/path-to-nfs-files">
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        EnableMMAP Off
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Directory>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="EnableSendfile" id="EnableSendfile">EnableSendfile</a> <a name="enablesendfile" id="enablesendfile">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Use the kernel sendfile support to deliver files to the client</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>EnableSendfile On|Off</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>EnableSendfile On</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in version 2.0.44 and later</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive controls whether <code>httpd</code> may use the sendfile
 | 
						|
    support from the kernel to transmit file contents to the client.
 | 
						|
    By default, when the handling of a request requires no access
 | 
						|
    to the data within a file -- for example, when delivering a
 | 
						|
    static file -- Apache uses sendfile to deliver the file contents
 | 
						|
    without ever reading the file if the OS supports it.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>This sendfile mechanism avoids seperate read and send operations,
 | 
						|
    and buffer allocations. But on some platforms or within some
 | 
						|
    filesystems, it is better to disable this feature to avoid
 | 
						|
    operational problems:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
    <li>Some platforms may have broken sendfile support that the build
 | 
						|
    system did not detect, especially if the binaries were built on
 | 
						|
    another box and moved to such a machine with broken sendfile
 | 
						|
    support.</li>
 | 
						|
    <li>On Linux the use of sendfile triggers TCP-checksum
 | 
						|
    offloading bugs on certain networking cards when using IPv6.</li>
 | 
						|
    <li>With a network-mounted <code class="directive"><a href="#documentroot">DocumentRoot</a></code> (e.g., NFS or SMB),
 | 
						|
    the kernel may be unable to serve the network file through
 | 
						|
    its own cache.</li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>For server configurations that are vulnerable to these problems,
 | 
						|
    you should disable this feature by specifying:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      EnableSendfile Off
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>For NFS or SMB mounted files, this feature may be disabled explicitly
 | 
						|
    for the offending files by specifying:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Directory "/path-to-nfs-files">
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        EnableSendfile Off
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Directory>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ErrorDocument" id="ErrorDocument">ErrorDocument</a> <a name="errordocument" id="errordocument">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>What the server will return to the client
 | 
						|
in case of an error</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ErrorDocument <var>error-code</var> <var>document</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Quoting syntax for text messages is different in Apache
 | 
						|
2.0</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>In the event of a problem or error, Apache can be configured
 | 
						|
    to do one of four things,</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <ol>
 | 
						|
      <li>output a simple hardcoded error message</li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <li>output a customized message</li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <li>redirect to a local <var>URL-path</var> to handle the
 | 
						|
      problem/error</li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <li>redirect to an external <var>URL</var> to handle the
 | 
						|
      problem/error</li>
 | 
						|
    </ol>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The first option is the default, while options 2-4 are
 | 
						|
    configured using the <code class="directive">ErrorDocument</code>
 | 
						|
    directive, which is followed by the HTTP response code and a URL
 | 
						|
    or a message. Apache will sometimes offer additional information
 | 
						|
    regarding the problem/error.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>URLs can begin with a slash (/) for local URLs, or be a full
 | 
						|
    URL which the client can resolve. Alternatively, a message can
 | 
						|
    be provided to be displayed by the browser. Examples:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      ErrorDocument 500 http://foo.example.com/cgi-bin/tester<br />
 | 
						|
      ErrorDocument 404 /cgi-bin/bad_urls.pl<br />
 | 
						|
      ErrorDocument 401 /subscription_info.html<br />
 | 
						|
      ErrorDocument 403 "Sorry can't allow you access today"
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Note that when you specify an <code class="directive">ErrorDocument</code>
 | 
						|
    that points to a remote URL (ie. anything with a method such as
 | 
						|
    <code>http</code> in front of it), Apache will send a redirect to the
 | 
						|
    client to tell it where to find the document, even if the
 | 
						|
    document ends up being on the same server. This has several
 | 
						|
    implications, the most important being that the client will not
 | 
						|
    receive the original error status code, but instead will
 | 
						|
    receive a redirect status code. This in turn can confuse web
 | 
						|
    robots and other clients which try to determine if a URL is
 | 
						|
    valid using the status code. In addition, if you use a remote
 | 
						|
    URL in an <code>ErrorDocument 401</code>, the client will not
 | 
						|
    know to prompt the user for a password since it will not
 | 
						|
    receive the 401 status code. Therefore, <strong>if you use an
 | 
						|
    <code>ErrorDocument 401</code> directive then it must refer to a local
 | 
						|
    document.</strong></p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) will by default ignore
 | 
						|
    server-generated error messages when they are "too small" and substitute
 | 
						|
    its own "friendly" error messages. The size threshold varies depending on
 | 
						|
    the type of error, but in general, if you make your error document
 | 
						|
    greater than 512 bytes, then MSIE will show the server-generated
 | 
						|
    error rather than masking it.  More information is available in
 | 
						|
    Microsoft Knowledgebase article <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q294807">Q294807</a>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Prior to version 2.0, messages were indicated by prefixing
 | 
						|
    them with a single unmatched double quote character.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../custom-error.html">documentation of
 | 
						|
    customizable responses</a></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ErrorLog" id="ErrorLog">ErrorLog</a> <a name="errorlog" id="errorlog">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Location where the server will log errors</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code> ErrorLog <var>file-path</var>|syslog[:<var>facility</var>]</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ErrorLog logs/error_log (Unix) ErrorLog logs/error.log (Windows and OS/2)</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">ErrorLog</code> directive sets the name of
 | 
						|
    the file to which the server will log any errors it encounters. If
 | 
						|
    the <var>file-path</var> is not absolute then it is assumed to be 
 | 
						|
    relative to the <code class="directive"><a href="#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
 | 
						|
    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/error_log
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>If the <var>file-path</var>
 | 
						|
    begins with a pipe (|) then it is assumed to be a command to spawn
 | 
						|
    to handle the error log.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
 | 
						|
    ErrorLog "|/usr/local/bin/httpd_errors"
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Using <code>syslog</code> instead of a filename enables logging
 | 
						|
    via syslogd(8) if the system supports it. The default is to use
 | 
						|
    syslog facility <code>local7</code>, but you can override this by
 | 
						|
    using the <code>syslog:<var>facility</var></code> syntax where
 | 
						|
    <var>facility</var> can be one of the names usually documented in
 | 
						|
    syslog(1).</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
 | 
						|
    ErrorLog syslog:user
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>SECURITY: See the <a href="../misc/security_tips.html#serverroot">security tips</a>
 | 
						|
    document for details on why your security could be compromised
 | 
						|
    if the directory where logfiles are stored is writable by
 | 
						|
    anyone other than the user that starts the server.</p>
 | 
						|
    <div class="warning"><h3>Note</h3>
 | 
						|
      <p>When entering a file path on non-Unix platforms, care should be taken
 | 
						|
      to make sure that only forward slashed are used even though the platform
 | 
						|
      may allow the use of back slashes. In general it is a good idea to always 
 | 
						|
      use forward slashes throughout the configuration files.</p>
 | 
						|
    </div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#loglevel">LogLevel</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../logs.html">Apache Log Files</a></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="FileETag" id="FileETag">FileETag</a> <a name="fileetag" id="fileetag">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>File attributes used to create the ETag
 | 
						|
HTTP response header</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>FileETag <var>component</var> ...</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>FileETag INode MTime Size</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>
 | 
						|
    The <code class="directive">FileETag</code> directive configures the file
 | 
						|
    attributes that are used to create the <code>ETag</code> (entity
 | 
						|
    tag) response header field when the document is based on a file.
 | 
						|
    (The <code>ETag</code> value is used in cache management to save
 | 
						|
    network bandwidth.) In Apache 1.3.22 and earlier, the
 | 
						|
    <code>ETag</code> value was <em>always</em> formed
 | 
						|
    from the file's inode, size, and last-modified time (mtime). The
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive">FileETag</code> directive allows you to choose
 | 
						|
    which of these -- if any -- should be used. The recognized keywords are:
 | 
						|
    </p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <dl>
 | 
						|
     <dt><strong>INode</strong></dt>
 | 
						|
     <dd>The file's i-node number will be included in the calculation</dd>
 | 
						|
     <dt><strong>MTime</strong></dt>
 | 
						|
     <dd>The date and time the file was last modified will be included</dd>
 | 
						|
     <dt><strong>Size</strong></dt>
 | 
						|
     <dd>The number of bytes in the file will be included</dd>
 | 
						|
     <dt><strong>All</strong></dt>
 | 
						|
     <dd>All available fields will be used. This is equivalent to:
 | 
						|
         <div class="example"><p><code>FileETag INode MTime Size</code></p></div></dd>
 | 
						|
     <dt><strong>None</strong></dt>
 | 
						|
     <dd>If a document is file-based, no <code>ETag</code> field will be
 | 
						|
       included in the response</dd>
 | 
						|
    </dl>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code>INode</code>, <code>MTime</code>, and <code>Size</code>
 | 
						|
    keywords may be prefixed with either <code>+</code> or <code>-</code>,
 | 
						|
    which allow changes to be made to the default setting inherited
 | 
						|
    from a broader scope. Any keyword appearing without such a prefix
 | 
						|
    immediately and completely cancels the inherited setting.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>If a directory's configuration includes
 | 
						|
    <code>FileETag INode MTime Size</code>, and a
 | 
						|
    subdirectory's includes <code>FileETag -INode</code>,
 | 
						|
    the setting for that subdirectory (which will be inherited by
 | 
						|
    any sub-subdirectories that don't override it) will be equivalent to
 | 
						|
    <code>FileETag MTime Size</code>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Files" id="Files"><Files></a> <a name="files" id="files">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Contains directives that apply to matched
 | 
						|
filenames</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code><Files <var>filename</var>> ... </Files></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>All</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive"><Files></code> directive
 | 
						|
    limits the scope of the enclosed directives by filename. It is comparable
 | 
						|
    to the <code class="directive"><a href="#directory"><Directory></a></code>
 | 
						|
    and <code class="directive"><a href="#location"><Location></a></code>
 | 
						|
    directives. It should be matched with a <code></Files></code>
 | 
						|
    directive. The directives given within this section will be applied to
 | 
						|
    any object with a basename (last component of filename) matching the
 | 
						|
    specified filename. <code class="directive"><Files></code>
 | 
						|
    sections are processed in the order they appear in the
 | 
						|
    configuration file, after the <code class="directive"><a href="#directory"><Directory></a></code> sections and
 | 
						|
    <code>.htaccess</code> files are read, but before <code class="directive"><a href="#location"><Location></a></code> sections. Note
 | 
						|
    that <code class="directive"><Files></code> can be nested
 | 
						|
    inside <code class="directive"><a href="#directory"><Directory></a></code> sections to restrict the
 | 
						|
    portion of the filesystem they apply to.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The <var>filename</var> argument should include a filename, or
 | 
						|
    a wild-card string, where <code>?</code> matches any single character,
 | 
						|
    and <code>*</code> matches any sequences of characters. Extended regular
 | 
						|
    expressions can also be used, with the addition of the
 | 
						|
    <code>~</code> character. For example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Files ~ "\.(gif|jpe?g|png)$">
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>would match most common Internet graphics formats. <code class="directive"><a href="#filesmatch"><FilesMatch></a></code> is preferred,
 | 
						|
    however.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Note that unlike <code class="directive"><a href="#directory"><Directory></a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="#location"><Location></a></code> sections, <code class="directive"><Files></code> sections can be used inside
 | 
						|
    <code>.htaccess</code> files. This allows users to control access to
 | 
						|
    their own files, at a file-by-file level.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../sections.html">How <Directory>, <Location>
 | 
						|
    and <Files> sections work</a> for an explanation of how these
 | 
						|
    different sections are combined when a request is received</li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="FilesMatch" id="FilesMatch"><FilesMatch></a> <a name="filesmatch" id="filesmatch">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Contains directives that apply to regular-expression matched
 | 
						|
filenames</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code><FilesMatch <var>regex</var>> ... </FilesMatch></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>All</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive"><FilesMatch></code> directive
 | 
						|
    limits the scope of the enclosed directives by filename, just as the
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="#files"><Files></a></code> directive
 | 
						|
    does. However, it accepts a regular expression. For example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <FilesMatch "\.(gif|jpe?g|png)$">
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>would match most common Internet graphics formats.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../sections.html">How <Directory>, <Location>
 | 
						|
    and <Files> sections work</a> for an explanation of how these
 | 
						|
    different sections are combined when a request is received</li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ForceType" id="ForceType">ForceType</a> <a name="forcetype" id="forcetype">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Forces all matching files to be served with the specified
 | 
						|
MIME content-type</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ForceType <var>MIME-type</var>|None</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Moved to the core in Apache 2.0</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>When placed into an <code>.htaccess</code> file or a
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="#directory"><Directory></a></code>, or
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="#location"><Location></a></code> or
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="#files"><Files></a></code>
 | 
						|
    section, this directive forces all matching files to be served
 | 
						|
    with the content type identification given by
 | 
						|
    <var>MIME-type</var>. For example, if you had a directory full of
 | 
						|
    GIF files, but did not want to label them all with <code>.gif</code>,
 | 
						|
    you might want to use:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      ForceType image/gif
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Note that unlike <code class="directive"><a href="#defaulttype">DefaultType</a></code>,
 | 
						|
    this directive overrides all mime-type associations, including
 | 
						|
    filename extensions, that might identify the media type.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>You can override any <code class="directive">ForceType</code> setting
 | 
						|
    by using the value of <code>None</code>:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      # force all files to be image/gif:<br />
 | 
						|
      <Location /images><br />
 | 
						|
        <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
          ForceType image/gif<br />
 | 
						|
        </span>
 | 
						|
      </Location><br />
 | 
						|
      <br />
 | 
						|
      # but normal mime-type associations here:<br />
 | 
						|
      <Location /images/mixed><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        ForceType None<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Location>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="HostnameLookups" id="HostnameLookups">HostnameLookups</a> <a name="hostnamelookups" id="hostnamelookups">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Enables DNS lookups on client IP addresses</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>HostnameLookups On|Off|Double</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>HostnameLookups Off</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive enables DNS lookups so that host names can be
 | 
						|
    logged (and passed to CGIs/SSIs in <code>REMOTE_HOST</code>).
 | 
						|
    The value <code>Double</code> refers to doing double-reverse
 | 
						|
    DNS lookup. That is, after a reverse lookup is performed, a forward
 | 
						|
    lookup is then performed on that result. At least one of the ip
 | 
						|
    addresses in the forward lookup must match the original
 | 
						|
    address. (In "tcpwrappers" terminology this is called
 | 
						|
    <code>PARANOID</code>.)</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Regardless of the setting, when <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_host.html">mod_authz_host</a></code> is
 | 
						|
    used for controlling access by hostname, a double reverse lookup
 | 
						|
    will be performed.  This is necessary for security. Note that the
 | 
						|
    result of this double-reverse isn't generally available unless you
 | 
						|
    set <code>HostnameLookups Double</code>. For example, if only
 | 
						|
    <code>HostnameLookups On</code> and a request is made to an object
 | 
						|
    that is protected by hostname restrictions, regardless of whether
 | 
						|
    the double-reverse fails or not, CGIs will still be passed the
 | 
						|
    single-reverse result in <code>REMOTE_HOST</code>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The default is <code>Off</code> in order to save the network
 | 
						|
    traffic for those sites that don't truly need the reverse
 | 
						|
    lookups done. It is also better for the end users because they
 | 
						|
    don't have to suffer the extra latency that a lookup entails.
 | 
						|
    Heavily loaded sites should leave this directive
 | 
						|
    <code>Off</code>, since DNS lookups can take considerable
 | 
						|
    amounts of time. The utility <a href="../programs/logresolve.html">logresolve</a>, compiled by default
 | 
						|
    to the <code>bin</code> subdirectory of your installation directory, can
 | 
						|
    be used to look up host names from logged IP addresses offline.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="IfDefine" id="IfDefine"><IfDefine></a> <a name="ifdefine" id="ifdefine">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Encloses directives that will be processed only
 | 
						|
if a test is true at startup</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code><IfDefine [!]<var>parameter-name</var>> ...
 | 
						|
    </IfDefine></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>All</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code><IfDefine <var>test</var>>...</IfDefine>
 | 
						|
    </code> section is used to mark directives that are conditional. The
 | 
						|
    directives within an <code class="directive"><IfDefine></code>
 | 
						|
    section are only processed if the <var>test</var> is true. If <var>
 | 
						|
    test</var> is false, everything between the start and end markers is
 | 
						|
    ignored.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The <var>test</var> in the <code class="directive"><IfDefine></code> section directive can be one of two forms:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
      <li><var>parameter-name</var></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <li><code>!</code><var>parameter-name</var></li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>In the former case, the directives between the start and end
 | 
						|
    markers are only processed if the parameter named
 | 
						|
    <var>parameter-name</var> is defined. The second format reverses
 | 
						|
    the test, and only processes the directives if
 | 
						|
    <var>parameter-name</var> is <strong>not</strong> defined.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The <var>parameter-name</var> argument is a define as given on
 | 
						|
    the <code>httpd</code> command line via <code>-D<var>parameter-</var>
 | 
						|
    </code>, at the time the server was started.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p><code class="directive"><IfDefine></code> sections are
 | 
						|
    nest-able, which can be used to implement simple
 | 
						|
    multiple-parameter tests. Example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      httpd -DReverseProxy ...<br />
 | 
						|
      <br />
 | 
						|
      # httpd.conf<br />
 | 
						|
      <IfDefine ReverseProxy><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so<br />
 | 
						|
        LoadModule proxy_module   modules/libproxy.so<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </IfDefine>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="IfModule" id="IfModule"><IfModule></a> <a name="ifmodule" id="ifmodule">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Encloses directives that are processed conditional on the
 | 
						|
presence or absence of a specific module</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code><IfModule [!]<var>module-name</var>> ...
 | 
						|
    </IfModule></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>All</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code><IfModule <var>test</var>>...</IfModule></code>
 | 
						|
    section is used to mark directives that are conditional on the presence of
 | 
						|
    a specific module. The directives within an <code class="directive"><IfModule></code> section are only processed if the <var>test</var>
 | 
						|
    is true. If <var>test</var> is false, everything between the start and
 | 
						|
    end markers is ignored.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The <var>test</var> in the <code class="directive"><IfModule></code> section directive can be one of two forms:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
      <li><var>module name</var></li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <li>!<var>module name</var></li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>In the former case, the directives between the start and end
 | 
						|
    markers are only processed if the module named <var>module
 | 
						|
    name</var> is included in Apache -- either compiled in or
 | 
						|
    dynamically loaded using <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</a></code>. The second format reverses the test,
 | 
						|
    and only processes the directives if <var>module name</var> is
 | 
						|
    <strong>not</strong> included.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The <var>module name</var> argument is the file name of the
 | 
						|
    module, at the time it was compiled.  For example,
 | 
						|
    <code>mod_rewrite.c</code>.  If a module consists of several
 | 
						|
    source files, use the name of the file containing the string
 | 
						|
    <code>STANDARD20_MODULE_STUFF</code>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p><code class="directive"><IfModule></code> sections are
 | 
						|
    nest-able, which can be used to implement simple multiple-module
 | 
						|
    tests.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="note">This section should only be used if you need to have one
 | 
						|
    configuration file that works whether or not a specific module
 | 
						|
    is available. In normal operation, directives need not be
 | 
						|
    placed in <code class="directive"><IfModule></code>
 | 
						|
    sections.</div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Include" id="Include">Include</a> <a name="include" id="include">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Includes other configuration files from within
 | 
						|
the server configuration files</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Include <var>file-path</var>|<var>directory-path</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Wildcard matching available in 2.0.41 and later</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive allows inclusion of other configuration files
 | 
						|
    from within the server configuration files.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Shell-style (<code>fnmatch()</code>) wildcard characters can be used to
 | 
						|
    include several files at once, in alphabetical order. In
 | 
						|
    addition, if <code class="directive">Include</code> points to a directory,
 | 
						|
    rather than a file, Apache will read all files in that directory
 | 
						|
    and any subdirectory.  But including entire directories is not
 | 
						|
    recommended, because it is easy to accidentally leave temporary
 | 
						|
    files in a directory that can cause <code>httpd</code> to
 | 
						|
    fail.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The file path specified may be an absolute path, or may be relative 
 | 
						|
    to the <code class="directive"><a href="#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code> directory.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Examples:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      Include /usr/local/apache2/conf/ssl.conf<br />
 | 
						|
      Include /usr/local/apache2/conf/vhosts/*.conf
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Or, providing paths relative to your <code class="directive"><a href="#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code> directory:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      Include conf/ssl.conf<br />
 | 
						|
      Include conf/vhosts/*.conf
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Running <code>apachectl configtest</code> will give you a list
 | 
						|
    of the files that are being processed during the configuration
 | 
						|
    check:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      root@host# apachectl configtest<br />
 | 
						|
      Processing config file: /usr/local/apache2/conf/ssl.conf<br />
 | 
						|
      Processing config file: /usr/local/apache2/conf/vhosts/vhost1.conf<br />
 | 
						|
      Processing config file: /usr/local/apache2/conf/vhosts/vhost2.conf<br />
 | 
						|
      Syntax OK
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../programs/apachectl.html">apachectl</a></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="KeepAlive" id="KeepAlive">KeepAlive</a> <a name="keepalive" id="keepalive">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Enables HTTP persistent connections</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>KeepAlive On|Off</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>KeepAlive On</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The Keep-Alive extension to HTTP/1.0 and the persistent
 | 
						|
    connection feature of HTTP/1.1 provide long-lived HTTP sessions
 | 
						|
    which allow multiple requests to be sent over the same TCP
 | 
						|
    connection. In some cases this has been shown to result in an
 | 
						|
    almost 50% speedup in latency times for HTML documents with
 | 
						|
    many images. To enable Keep-Alive connections, set
 | 
						|
    <code>KeepAlive On</code>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>For HTTP/1.0 clients, Keep-Alive connections will only be
 | 
						|
    used if they are specifically requested by a client. In
 | 
						|
    addition, a Keep-Alive connection with an HTTP/1.0 client can
 | 
						|
    only be used when the length of the content is known in
 | 
						|
    advance. This implies that dynamic content such as CGI output,
 | 
						|
    SSI pages, and server-generated directory listings will
 | 
						|
    generally not use Keep-Alive connections to HTTP/1.0 clients.
 | 
						|
    For HTTP/1.1 clients, persistent connections are the default
 | 
						|
    unless otherwise specified. If the client requests it, chunked
 | 
						|
    encoding will be used in order to send content of unknown
 | 
						|
    length over persistent connections.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#maxkeepaliverequests">MaxKeepAliveRequests</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="KeepAliveTimeout" id="KeepAliveTimeout">KeepAliveTimeout</a> <a name="keepalivetimeout" id="keepalivetimeout">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Amount of time the server will wait for subsequent
 | 
						|
requests on a persistent connection</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>KeepAliveTimeout <var>seconds</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>KeepAliveTimeout 15</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The number of seconds Apache will wait for a subsequent
 | 
						|
    request before closing the connection. Once a request has been
 | 
						|
    received, the timeout value specified by the
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="#timeout">Timeout</a></code> directive applies.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Setting <code class="directive">KeepAliveTimeout</code> to a high value
 | 
						|
    may cause performance problems in heavily loaded servers. The
 | 
						|
    higher the timeout, the more server processes will be kept
 | 
						|
    occupied waiting on connections with idle clients.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Limit" id="Limit"><Limit></a> <a name="limit" id="limit">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Restrict enclosed access controls to only certain HTTP
 | 
						|
methods</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code><Limit <var>method</var> [<var>method</var>] ... > ...
 | 
						|
    </Limit></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>All</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>Access controls are normally effective for
 | 
						|
    <strong>all</strong> access methods, and this is the usual
 | 
						|
    desired behavior. <strong>In the general case, access control
 | 
						|
    directives should not be placed within a
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><Limit></code> section.</strong></p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The purpose of the <code class="directive"><Limit></code>
 | 
						|
    directive is to restrict the effect of the access controls to the
 | 
						|
    nominated HTTP methods. For all other methods, the access
 | 
						|
    restrictions that are enclosed in the <code class="directive"><Limit></code> bracket <strong>will have no
 | 
						|
    effect</strong>. The following example applies the access control
 | 
						|
    only to the methods <code>POST</code>, <code>PUT</code>, and
 | 
						|
    <code>DELETE</code>, leaving all other methods unprotected:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Limit POST PUT DELETE><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        Require valid-user<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Limit>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The method names listed can be one or more of: <code>GET</code>,
 | 
						|
    <code>POST</code>, <code>PUT</code>, <code>DELETE</code>,
 | 
						|
    <code>CONNECT</code>, <code>OPTIONS</code>,
 | 
						|
    <code>PATCH</code>, <code>PROPFIND</code>, <code>PROPPATCH</code>,
 | 
						|
    <code>MKCOL</code>, <code>COPY</code>, <code>MOVE</code>,
 | 
						|
    <code>LOCK</code>, and <code>UNLOCK</code>. <strong>The method name is
 | 
						|
    case-sensitive.</strong> If <code>GET</code> is used it will also
 | 
						|
    restrict <code>HEAD</code> requests. The <code>TRACE</code> method
 | 
						|
    cannot be limited.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="warning">A <code class="directive"><a href="#limitexcept"><LimitExcept></a></code> section should always be
 | 
						|
    used in preference to a <code class="directive"><a href="#limit"><Limit></a></code> section when restricting access,
 | 
						|
    since a <code class="directive"><a href="#limitexcept"><LimitExcept></a></code> section provides protection
 | 
						|
    against arbitrary methods.</div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="LimitExcept" id="LimitExcept"><LimitExcept></a> <a name="limitexcept" id="limitexcept">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Restrict access controls to all HTTP methods
 | 
						|
except the named ones</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code><LimitExcept <var>method</var> [<var>method</var>] ... > ...
 | 
						|
    </LimitExcept></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>All</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p><code class="directive"><LimitExcept></code> and
 | 
						|
    <code></LimitExcept></code> are used to enclose
 | 
						|
    a group of access control directives which will then apply to any
 | 
						|
    HTTP access method <strong>not</strong> listed in the arguments;
 | 
						|
    i.e., it is the opposite of a <code class="directive"><a href="#limit"><Limit></a></code> section and can be used to control
 | 
						|
    both standard and nonstandard/unrecognized methods. See the
 | 
						|
    documentation for <code class="directive"><a href="#limit"><Limit></a></code> for more details.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>For example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <LimitExcept POST GET><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        Require valid-user<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </LimitExcept>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="LimitInternalRecursion" id="LimitInternalRecursion">LimitInternalRecursion</a> <a name="limitinternalrecursion" id="limitinternalrecursion">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Determine maximum number of internal redirects and nested
 | 
						|
subrequests</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>LimitInternalRecursion <var>number</var> [<var>number</var>]</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>LimitInternalRecursion 10</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Available in Apache 2.0.47 and later</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>An internal redirect happens, for example, when using the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_actions.html#action">Action</a></code> directive, which internally
 | 
						|
    redirects the original request to a CGI script. A subrequest is Apache's
 | 
						|
    mechanism to find out what would happen for some URI if it were requested.
 | 
						|
    For example, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dir.html">mod_dir</a></code> uses subrequests to look for the
 | 
						|
    files listed in the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_dir.html#directoryindex">DirectoryIndex</a></code>
 | 
						|
    directive.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p><code class="directive">LimitInternalRecursion</code> prevents the server
 | 
						|
    from crashing when entering an infinite loop of internal redirects or
 | 
						|
    subrequests. Such loops are usually caused by misconfigurations.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The directive stores two different limits, which are evaluated on
 | 
						|
    per-request basis. The first <var>number</var> is the maximum number of
 | 
						|
    internal redirects, that may follow each other. The second <var>number</var>
 | 
						|
    determines, how deep subrequests may be nested. If you specify only one
 | 
						|
    <var>number</var>, it will be assigned to both limits.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
 | 
						|
      LimitInternalRecursion 5
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="LimitRequestBody" id="LimitRequestBody">LimitRequestBody</a> <a name="limitrequestbody" id="limitrequestbody">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Restricts the total size of the HTTP request body sent
 | 
						|
from the client</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>LimitRequestBody <var>bytes</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>LimitRequestBody 0</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>All</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive specifies the number of <var>bytes</var> from 0
 | 
						|
    (meaning unlimited) to 2147483647 (2GB) that are allowed in a
 | 
						|
    request body.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">LimitRequestBody</code> directive allows
 | 
						|
    the user to set a limit on the allowed size of an HTTP request
 | 
						|
    message body within the context in which the directive is given
 | 
						|
    (server, per-directory, per-file or per-location). If the client
 | 
						|
    request exceeds that limit, the server will return an error
 | 
						|
    response instead of servicing the request. The size of a normal
 | 
						|
    request message body will vary greatly depending on the nature of
 | 
						|
    the resource and the methods allowed on that resource. CGI scripts
 | 
						|
    typically use the message body for retrieving form information.
 | 
						|
    Implementations of the <code>PUT</code> method will require
 | 
						|
    a value at least as large as any representation that the server
 | 
						|
    wishes to accept for that resource.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive gives the server administrator greater
 | 
						|
    control over abnormal client request behavior, which may be
 | 
						|
    useful for avoiding some forms of denial-of-service
 | 
						|
    attacks.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>If, for example, you are permitting file upload to a particular
 | 
						|
    location, and wish to limit the size of the uploaded file to 100K,
 | 
						|
    you might use the following directive:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      LimitRequestBody 102400
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="LimitRequestFields" id="LimitRequestFields">LimitRequestFields</a> <a name="limitrequestfields" id="limitrequestfields">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Limits the number of HTTP request header fields that
 | 
						|
will be accepted from the client</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>LimitRequestFields <var>number</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>LimitRequestFields 100</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p><var>Number</var> is an integer from 0 (meaning unlimited) to
 | 
						|
    32767. The default value is defined by the compile-time
 | 
						|
    constant <code>DEFAULT_LIMIT_REQUEST_FIELDS</code> (100 as
 | 
						|
    distributed).</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">LimitRequestFields</code> directive allows
 | 
						|
    the server administrator to modify the limit on the number of
 | 
						|
    request header fields allowed in an HTTP request. A server needs
 | 
						|
    this value to be larger than the number of fields that a normal
 | 
						|
    client request might include. The number of request header fields
 | 
						|
    used by a client rarely exceeds 20, but this may vary among
 | 
						|
    different client implementations, often depending upon the extent
 | 
						|
    to which a user has configured their browser to support detailed
 | 
						|
    content negotiation. Optional HTTP extensions are often expressed
 | 
						|
    using request header fields.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive gives the server administrator greater
 | 
						|
    control over abnormal client request behavior, which may be
 | 
						|
    useful for avoiding some forms of denial-of-service attacks.
 | 
						|
    The value should be increased if normal clients see an error
 | 
						|
    response from the server that indicates too many fields were
 | 
						|
    sent in the request.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>For example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      LimitRequestFields 50
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="LimitRequestFieldSize" id="LimitRequestFieldSize">LimitRequestFieldSize</a> <a name="limitrequestfieldsize" id="limitrequestfieldsize">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Limits the size of the HTTP request header allowed from the
 | 
						|
client</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>LimitRequestFieldsize <var>bytes</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>LimitRequestFieldsize 8190</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive specifies the number of <var>bytes</var> from 0
 | 
						|
    to the value of the compile-time constant
 | 
						|
    <code>DEFAULT_LIMIT_REQUEST_FIELDSIZE</code> (8190 as
 | 
						|
    distributed) that will be allowed in an HTTP request
 | 
						|
    header.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">LimitRequestFieldSize</code> directive
 | 
						|
    allows the server administrator to reduce the limit on the allowed
 | 
						|
    size of an HTTP request header field below the normal input buffer
 | 
						|
    size compiled with the server. A server needs this value to be
 | 
						|
    large enough to hold any one header field from a normal client
 | 
						|
    request. The size of a normal request header field will vary
 | 
						|
    greatly among different client implementations, often depending
 | 
						|
    upon the extent to which a user has configured their browser to
 | 
						|
    support detailed content negotiation.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive gives the server administrator greater
 | 
						|
    control over abnormal client request behavior, which may be
 | 
						|
    useful for avoiding some forms of denial-of-service attacks.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>For example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      LimitRequestFieldSize 4094
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="note">Under normal conditions, the value should not be changed from
 | 
						|
    the default.</div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="LimitRequestLine" id="LimitRequestLine">LimitRequestLine</a> <a name="limitrequestline" id="limitrequestline">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Limit the size of the HTTP request line that will be accepted
 | 
						|
from the client</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>LimitRequestLine <var>bytes</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>LimitRequestLine 8190</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive sets the number of <var>bytes</var> from 0 to
 | 
						|
    the value of the compile-time constant
 | 
						|
    <code>DEFAULT_LIMIT_REQUEST_LINE</code> (8190 as distributed)
 | 
						|
    that will be allowed on the HTTP request-line.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">LimitRequestLine</code> directive allows
 | 
						|
    the server administrator to reduce the limit on the allowed size
 | 
						|
    of a client's HTTP request-line below the normal input buffer size
 | 
						|
    compiled with the server. Since the request-line consists of the
 | 
						|
    HTTP method, URI, and protocol version, the
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive">LimitRequestLine</code> directive places a
 | 
						|
    restriction on the length of a request-URI allowed for a request
 | 
						|
    on the server. A server needs this value to be large enough to
 | 
						|
    hold any of its resource names, including any information that
 | 
						|
    might be passed in the query part of a <code>GET</code> request.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive gives the server administrator greater
 | 
						|
    control over abnormal client request behavior, which may be
 | 
						|
    useful for avoiding some forms of denial-of-service attacks.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>For example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      LimitRequestLine 4094
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="note">Under normal conditions, the value should not be changed from
 | 
						|
    the default.</div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="LimitXMLRequestBody" id="LimitXMLRequestBody">LimitXMLRequestBody</a> <a name="limitxmlrequestbody" id="limitxmlrequestbody">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Limits the size of an XML-based request body</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>LimitXMLRequestBody <var>bytes</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>LimitXMLRequestBody 1000000</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>All</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>Limit (in bytes) on maximum size of an XML-based request
 | 
						|
    body. A value of <code>0</code> will disable any checking.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      LimitXMLRequestBody 0
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Location" id="Location"><Location></a> <a name="location" id="location">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Applies the enclosed directives only to matching
 | 
						|
URLs</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code><Location
 | 
						|
    <var>URL-path</var>|<var>URL</var>> ... </Location></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive"><Location></code> directive
 | 
						|
    limits the scope of the enclosed directives by URL. It is similar to the
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="#directory"><Directory></a></code>
 | 
						|
    directive, and starts a subsection which is terminated with a
 | 
						|
    <code></Location></code> directive.  <code class="directive"><Location></code> sections are processed in the
 | 
						|
    order they appear in the configuration file, after the <code class="directive"><a href="#directory"><Directory></a></code> sections and
 | 
						|
    <code>.htaccess</code> files are read, and after the <code class="directive"><a href="#files"><Files></a></code> sections.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p><code class="directive"><Location></code> sections operate
 | 
						|
    completely outside the filesystem.  This has several consequences.
 | 
						|
    Most importantly, <code class="directive"><Location></code>
 | 
						|
    directives should not be used to control access to filesystem
 | 
						|
    locations.  Since several different URLs may map to the same
 | 
						|
    filesystem location, such access controls may by circumvented.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="note"><h3>When to use <code class="directive"><Location></code></h3>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Use <code class="directive"><Location></code> to apply
 | 
						|
    directives to content that lives outside the filesystem.  For
 | 
						|
    content that lives in the filesystem, use <code class="directive"><a href="#directory"><Directory></a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="#files"><Files></a></code>.  An exception is
 | 
						|
    <code><Location /></code>, which is an easy way to 
 | 
						|
    apply a configuration to the entire server.</p>
 | 
						|
    </div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>For all origin (non-proxy) requests, the URL to be matched is a
 | 
						|
    URL-path of the form <code>/path/</code>.  No scheme, hostname,
 | 
						|
    port, or query string may be included.  For proxy requests, the
 | 
						|
    URL to be matched is of the form
 | 
						|
    <code>scheme://servername/path</code>, and you must include the
 | 
						|
    prefix.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The URL may use wildcards. In a wild-card string, <code>?</code> matches
 | 
						|
    any single character, and <code>*</code> matches any sequences of
 | 
						|
    characters.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Extended regular
 | 
						|
    expressions can also be used, with the addition of the
 | 
						|
    <code>~</code> character. For example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Location ~ "/(extra|special)/data">
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>would match URLs that contained the substring <code>/extra/data</code>
 | 
						|
    or <code>/special/data</code>. The directive <code class="directive"><a href="#locationmatch"><LocationMatch></a></code> behaves
 | 
						|
    identical to the regex version of <code class="directive"><Location></code>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive"><Location></code>
 | 
						|
    functionality is especially useful when combined with the
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="#sethandler">SetHandler</a></code>
 | 
						|
    directive. For example, to enable status requests, but allow them
 | 
						|
    only from browsers at <code>foo.com</code>, you might use:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Location /status><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        SetHandler server-status<br />
 | 
						|
        Order Deny,Allow<br />
 | 
						|
        Deny from all<br />
 | 
						|
        Allow from .foo.com<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Location>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="note"><h3>Note about / (slash)</h3>
 | 
						|
      <p>The slash character has special meaning depending on where in a
 | 
						|
      URL it appears. People may be used to its behavior in the filesystem
 | 
						|
      where multiple adjacent slashes are frequently collapsed to a single
 | 
						|
      slash (<em>i.e.</em>, <code>/home///foo</code> is the same as
 | 
						|
      <code>/home/foo</code>). In URL-space this is not necessarily true.
 | 
						|
      The <code class="directive"><a href="#locationmatch"><LocationMatch></a></code>
 | 
						|
      directive and the regex version of <code class="directive"><Location></code> require you to explicitly specify multiple
 | 
						|
      slashes if that is your intention.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <p>For example, <code><LocationMatch ^/abc></code> would match
 | 
						|
      the request URL <code>/abc</code> but not the request URL <code>
 | 
						|
      //abc</code>. The (non-regex) <code class="directive"><Location></code> directive behaves similarly when used for
 | 
						|
      proxy requests. But when (non-regex) <code class="directive"><Location></code> is used for non-proxy requests it will
 | 
						|
      implicitly match multiple slashes with a single slash. For example,
 | 
						|
      if you specify <code><Location /abc/def></code> and the
 | 
						|
      request is to <code>/abc//def</code> then it will match.</p>
 | 
						|
    </div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../sections.html">How <Directory>, <Location>
 | 
						|
    and <Files> sections work</a> for an explanation of how these
 | 
						|
    different sections are combined when a request is received</li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="LocationMatch" id="LocationMatch"><LocationMatch></a> <a name="locationmatch" id="locationmatch">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Applies the enclosed directives only to regular-expression
 | 
						|
matching URLs</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code><LocationMatch
 | 
						|
    <var>regex</var>> ... </LocationMatch></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive"><LocationMatch></code> directive
 | 
						|
    limits the scope of the enclosed directives by URL, in an identical manner
 | 
						|
    to <code class="directive"><a href="#location"><Location></a></code>. However,
 | 
						|
    it takes a regular expression as an argument instead of a simple
 | 
						|
    string. For example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <LocationMatch "/(extra|special)/data">
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>would match URLs that contained the substring <code>/extra/data</code>
 | 
						|
    or <code>/special/data</code>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../sections.html">How <Directory>, <Location>
 | 
						|
    and <Files> sections work</a> for an explanation of how these
 | 
						|
    different sections are combined when a request is received</li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="LogLevel" id="LogLevel">LogLevel</a> <a name="loglevel" id="loglevel">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Controls the verbosity of the ErrorLog</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>LogLevel <var>level</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>LogLevel warn</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p><code class="directive">LogLevel</code> adjusts the verbosity of the
 | 
						|
    messages recorded in the error logs (see <code class="directive"><a href="#errorlog">ErrorLog</a></code> directive). The following
 | 
						|
    <var>level</var>s are available, in order of decreasing
 | 
						|
    significance:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <table class="bordered">
 | 
						|
      <tr>
 | 
						|
        <th><strong>Level</strong> </th>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <th><strong>Description</strong> </th>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <th><strong>Example</strong> </th>
 | 
						|
      </tr>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <tr>
 | 
						|
        <td><code>emerg</code> </td>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <td>Emergencies - system is unusable.</td>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <td>"Child cannot open lock file. Exiting"</td>
 | 
						|
      </tr>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <tr>
 | 
						|
        <td><code>alert</code> </td>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <td>Action must be taken immediately.</td>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <td>"getpwuid: couldn't determine user name from uid"</td>
 | 
						|
      </tr>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <tr>
 | 
						|
        <td><code>crit</code> </td>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <td>Critical Conditions.</td>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <td>"socket: Failed to get a socket, exiting child"</td>
 | 
						|
      </tr>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <tr>
 | 
						|
        <td><code>error</code> </td>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <td>Error conditions.</td>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <td>"Premature end of script headers"</td>
 | 
						|
      </tr>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <tr>
 | 
						|
        <td><code>warn</code> </td>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <td>Warning conditions.</td>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <td>"child process 1234 did not exit, sending another
 | 
						|
        SIGHUP"</td>
 | 
						|
      </tr>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <tr>
 | 
						|
        <td><code>notice</code> </td>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <td>Normal but significant condition.</td>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <td>"httpd: caught SIGBUS, attempting to dump core in
 | 
						|
        ..."</td>
 | 
						|
      </tr>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <tr>
 | 
						|
        <td><code>info</code> </td>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <td>Informational.</td>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <td>"Server seems busy, (you may need to increase
 | 
						|
        StartServers, or Min/MaxSpareServers)..."</td>
 | 
						|
      </tr>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <tr>
 | 
						|
        <td><code>debug</code> </td>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <td>Debug-level messages</td>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <td>"Opening config file ..."</td>
 | 
						|
      </tr>
 | 
						|
    </table>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>When a particular level is specified, messages from all
 | 
						|
    other levels of higher significance will be reported as well.
 | 
						|
    <em>E.g.</em>, when <code>LogLevel info</code> is specified,
 | 
						|
    then messages with log levels of <code>notice</code> and
 | 
						|
    <code>warn</code> will also be posted.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Using a level of at least <code>crit</code> is
 | 
						|
    recommended.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>For example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      LogLevel notice
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
 | 
						|
      <p>When logging to a regular file messages of the level
 | 
						|
      <code>notice</code> cannot be suppressed and thus are always
 | 
						|
      logged. However, this doesn't apply when logging is done
 | 
						|
      using <code>syslog</code>.</p>
 | 
						|
    </div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="MaxKeepAliveRequests" id="MaxKeepAliveRequests">MaxKeepAliveRequests</a> <a name="maxkeepaliverequests" id="maxkeepaliverequests">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Number of requests allowed on a persistent
 | 
						|
connection</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>MaxKeepAliveRequests <var>number</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>MaxKeepAliveRequests 100</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">MaxKeepAliveRequests</code> directive
 | 
						|
    limits the number of requests allowed per connection when
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="#keepalive">KeepAlive</a></code> is on. If it is
 | 
						|
    set to <code>0</code>, unlimited requests will be allowed. We
 | 
						|
    recommend that this setting be kept to a high value for maximum
 | 
						|
    server performance.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>For example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      MaxKeepAliveRequests 500
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="NameVirtualHost" id="NameVirtualHost">NameVirtualHost</a> <a name="namevirtualhost" id="namevirtualhost">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Designates an IP address for name-virtual
 | 
						|
hosting</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>NameVirtualHost <var>addr</var>[:<var>port</var>]</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">NameVirtualHost</code> directive is a
 | 
						|
    required directive if you want to configure <a href="../vhosts/">name-based virtual hosts</a>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Although <var>addr</var> can be hostname it is recommended
 | 
						|
    that you always use an IP address, e.g.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      NameVirtualHost 111.22.33.44
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>With the <code class="directive">NameVirtualHost</code> directive you
 | 
						|
    specify the IP address on which the server will receive requests
 | 
						|
    for the name-based virtual hosts. This will usually be the address
 | 
						|
    to which your name-based virtual host names resolve. In cases
 | 
						|
    where a firewall or other proxy receives the requests and forwards
 | 
						|
    them on a different IP address to the server, you must specify the
 | 
						|
    IP address of the physical interface on the machine which will be
 | 
						|
    servicing the requests. If you have multiple name-based hosts on
 | 
						|
    multiple addresses, repeat the directive for each address.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
 | 
						|
      <p>Note, that the "main server" and any <code>_default_</code> servers
 | 
						|
      will <strong>never</strong> be served for a request to a
 | 
						|
      <code class="directive">NameVirtualHost</code> IP Address (unless for some
 | 
						|
      reason you specify <code class="directive">NameVirtualHost</code> but then
 | 
						|
      don't define any <code class="directive">VirtualHost</code>s for that
 | 
						|
      address).</p>
 | 
						|
    </div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Optionally you can specify a port number on which the
 | 
						|
    name-based virtual hosts should be used, e.g.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      NameVirtualHost 111.22.33.44:8080
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>IPv6 addresses must be enclosed in square brackets, as shown
 | 
						|
    in the following example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      NameVirtualHost [fe80::a00:20ff:fea7:ccea]:8080
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>To receive requests on all interfaces, you can use an argument of
 | 
						|
    <code>*</code></p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      NameVirtualHost *
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="note"><h3>Argument to <code class="directive"><VirtualHost></code>
 | 
						|
      directive</h3>
 | 
						|
      <p>Note that the argument to the <code class="directive"><VirtualHost></code> directive must
 | 
						|
      exactly match the argument to the <code class="directive">NameVirtualHost</code> directive.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
        NameVirtualHost 1.2.3.4<br />
 | 
						|
        <VirtualHost 1.2.3.4><br />
 | 
						|
        # ...<br />
 | 
						|
        </VirtualHost><br />
 | 
						|
      </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
    </div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../vhosts/">Virtual Hosts
 | 
						|
documentation</a></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Options" id="Options">Options</a> <a name="options" id="options">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Configures what features are available in a particular
 | 
						|
directory</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Options
 | 
						|
    [+|-]<var>option</var> [[+|-]<var>option</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>Options All</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>Options</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">Options</code> directive controls which
 | 
						|
    server features are available in a particular directory.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p><var>option</var> can be set to <code>None</code>, in which
 | 
						|
    case none of the extra features are enabled, or one or more of
 | 
						|
    the following:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <dl>
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>All</code></dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>All options except for <code>MultiViews</code>. This is the default
 | 
						|
      setting.</dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>ExecCGI</code></dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>
 | 
						|
      Execution of CGI scripts using <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code>
 | 
						|
      is permitted.</dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>FollowSymLinks</code></dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      The server will follow symbolic links in this directory.
 | 
						|
      <div class="note">
 | 
						|
      <p>Even though the server follows the symlink it does <em>not</em>
 | 
						|
      change the pathname used to match against <code class="directive"><a href="#directory"><Directory></a></code> sections.</p>
 | 
						|
      <p>Note also, that this option <strong>gets ignored</strong> if set
 | 
						|
      inside a <code class="directive"><a href="#location"><Location></a></code>
 | 
						|
      section.</p>
 | 
						|
      </div></dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>Includes</code></dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>
 | 
						|
      Server-side includes provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_include.html">mod_include</a></code>
 | 
						|
      are permitted.</dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>IncludesNOEXEC</code></dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      Server-side includes are permitted, but the <code>#exec
 | 
						|
      cmd</code> and <code>#exec cgi</code> are disabled. It is still
 | 
						|
      possible to <code>#include virtual</code> CGI scripts from
 | 
						|
      <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code>ed
 | 
						|
      directories.</dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>Indexes</code></dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>
 | 
						|
      If a URL which maps to a directory is requested, and there
 | 
						|
      is no <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_dir.html#directoryindex">DirectoryIndex</a></code>
 | 
						|
      (<em>e.g.</em>, <code>index.html</code>) in that directory, then
 | 
						|
      <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_autoindex.html">mod_autoindex</a></code> will return a formatted listing
 | 
						|
      of the directory.</dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>MultiViews</code></dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>
 | 
						|
      <a href="../content-negotiation.html">Content negotiated</a>
 | 
						|
      "MultiViews" are allowed using
 | 
						|
      <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code>.</dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>SymLinksIfOwnerMatch</code></dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>The server will only follow symbolic links for which the
 | 
						|
      target file or directory is owned by the same user id as the
 | 
						|
      link.
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3> This option gets ignored if
 | 
						|
      set inside a <code class="directive"><a href="#location"><Location></a></code> section.</div>
 | 
						|
      </dd>
 | 
						|
    </dl>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Normally, if multiple <code class="directive">Options</code> could
 | 
						|
    apply to a directory, then the most specific one is used and
 | 
						|
    others are ignored; the options are not merged. (See <a href="../sections.html#mergin">how sections are merged</a>.)
 | 
						|
    However if <em>all</em> the options on the
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive">Options</code> directive are preceded by a
 | 
						|
    <code>+</code> or <code>-</code> symbol, the options are
 | 
						|
    merged. Any options preceded by a <code>+</code> are added to the
 | 
						|
    options currently in force, and any options preceded by a
 | 
						|
    <code>-</code> are removed from the options currently in
 | 
						|
    force. </p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>For example, without any <code>+</code> and <code>-</code> symbols:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Directory /web/docs><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Directory><br />
 | 
						|
      <br />
 | 
						|
      <Directory /web/docs/spec><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        Options Includes<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Directory>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>then only <code>Includes</code> will be set for the
 | 
						|
    <code>/web/docs/spec</code> directory. However if the second
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive">Options</code> directive uses the <code>+</code> and
 | 
						|
    <code>-</code> symbols:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Directory /web/docs><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Directory><br />
 | 
						|
      <br />
 | 
						|
      <Directory /web/docs/spec><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        Options +Includes -Indexes<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Directory>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>then the options <code>FollowSymLinks</code> and
 | 
						|
    <code>Includes</code> are set for the <code>/web/docs/spec</code>
 | 
						|
    directory.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
 | 
						|
      <p>Using <code>-IncludesNOEXEC</code> or
 | 
						|
      <code>-Includes</code> disables server-side includes completely
 | 
						|
      regardless of the previous setting.</p>
 | 
						|
    </div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The default in the absence of any other settings is
 | 
						|
    <code>All</code>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Require" id="Require">Require</a> <a name="require" id="require">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Selects which authenticated users can access
 | 
						|
a resource</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Require <var>entity-name</var> [<var>entity-name</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive selects which authenticated users can access
 | 
						|
    a directory. The allowed syntaxes are:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <dl>
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>Require user <var>userid</var> [<var>userid</var>]
 | 
						|
      ...</code></dt>
 | 
						|
      <dd>Only the named users can access the resource.</dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>Require group <var>group-name</var> [<var>group-name</var>]
 | 
						|
      ...</code></dt>
 | 
						|
      <dd>Only users in the named groups can access the resource.</dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>Require valid-user</code></dt>
 | 
						|
      <dd>All valid users can access the resource.</dd>
 | 
						|
    </dl>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p><code class="directive">Require</code> must be accompanied by
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="#authname">AuthName</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="#authtype">AuthType</a></code> directives, and directives such
 | 
						|
    as <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_file.html#authuserfile">AuthUserFile</a></code>
 | 
						|
    and <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_groupfile.html#authgroupfile">AuthGroupFile</a></code> (to
 | 
						|
    define users and groups) in order to work correctly. Example:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
       AuthType Basic<br />
 | 
						|
       AuthName "Restricted Directory"<br />
 | 
						|
       AuthUserFile /web/users<br />
 | 
						|
       AuthGroupFile /web/groups<br />
 | 
						|
       Require group admin
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Access controls which are applied in this way are effective for
 | 
						|
    <strong>all</strong> methods. <strong>This is what is normally
 | 
						|
    desired.</strong> If you wish to apply access controls only to
 | 
						|
    specific methods, while leaving other methods unprotected, then
 | 
						|
    place the <code class="directive">Require</code> statement into a
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="#limit"><Limit></a></code>
 | 
						|
    section.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#satisfy">Satisfy</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_host.html">mod_authz_host</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RLimitCPU" id="RLimitCPU">RLimitCPU</a> <a name="rlimitcpu" id="rlimitcpu">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Limits the CPU consumption of processes launched
 | 
						|
by Apache children</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RLimitCPU <var>seconds</var>|max [<var>seconds</var>|max]</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>Unset; uses operating system defaults</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>All</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>Takes 1 or 2 parameters. The first parameter sets the soft
 | 
						|
    resource limit for all processes and the second parameter sets
 | 
						|
    the maximum resource limit. Either parameter can be a number,
 | 
						|
    or <code>max</code> to indicate to the server that the limit should
 | 
						|
    be set to the maximum allowed by the operating system
 | 
						|
    configuration. Raising the maximum resource limit requires that
 | 
						|
    the server is running as <code>root</code>, or in the initial startup
 | 
						|
    phase.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>This applies to processes forked off from Apache children
 | 
						|
    servicing requests, not the Apache children themselves. This
 | 
						|
    includes CGI scripts and SSI exec commands, but not any
 | 
						|
    processes forked off from the Apache parent such as piped
 | 
						|
    logs.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>CPU resource limits are expressed in seconds per
 | 
						|
    process.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#rlimitmem">RLimitMEM</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#rlimitnproc">RLimitNPROC</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RLimitMEM" id="RLimitMEM">RLimitMEM</a> <a name="rlimitmem" id="rlimitmem">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Limits the memory consumption of processes launched
 | 
						|
by Apache children</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RLimitMEM <var>bytes</var>|max [<var>bytes</var>|max]</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>Unset; uses operating system defaults</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>All</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>Takes 1 or 2 parameters. The first parameter sets the soft
 | 
						|
    resource limit for all processes and the second parameter sets
 | 
						|
    the maximum resource limit. Either parameter can be a number,
 | 
						|
    or <code>max</code> to indicate to the server that the limit should
 | 
						|
    be set to the maximum allowed by the operating system
 | 
						|
    configuration. Raising the maximum resource limit requires that
 | 
						|
    the server is running as <code>root</code>, or in the initial startup
 | 
						|
    phase.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>This applies to processes forked off from Apache children
 | 
						|
    servicing requests, not the Apache children themselves. This
 | 
						|
    includes CGI scripts and SSI exec commands, but not any
 | 
						|
    processes forked off from the Apache parent such as piped
 | 
						|
    logs.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Memory resource limits are expressed in bytes per
 | 
						|
    process.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#rlimitcpu">RLimitCPU</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#rlimitnproc">RLimitNPROC</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="RLimitNPROC" id="RLimitNPROC">RLimitNPROC</a> <a name="rlimitnproc" id="rlimitnproc">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Limits the number of processes that can be launched by
 | 
						|
processes launched by Apache children</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>RLimitNPROC <var>number</var>|max [<var>number</var>|max]</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>Unset; uses operating system defaults</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>All</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>Takes 1 or 2 parameters. The first parameter sets the soft
 | 
						|
    resource limit for all processes and the second parameter sets
 | 
						|
    the maximum resource limit. Either parameter can be a number,
 | 
						|
    or <code>max</code> to indicate to the server that the limit
 | 
						|
    should be set to the maximum allowed by the operating system
 | 
						|
    configuration. Raising the maximum resource limit requires that
 | 
						|
    the server is running as <code>root</code>, or in the initial startup
 | 
						|
    phase.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>This applies to processes forked off from Apache children
 | 
						|
    servicing requests, not the Apache children themselves. This
 | 
						|
    includes CGI scripts and SSI exec commands, but not any
 | 
						|
    processes forked off from the Apache parent such as piped
 | 
						|
    logs.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Process limits control the number of processes per user.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
 | 
						|
      <p>If CGI processes are <strong>not</strong> running
 | 
						|
      under userids other than the web server userid, this directive
 | 
						|
      will limit the number of processes that the server itself can
 | 
						|
      create. Evidence of this situation will be indicated by
 | 
						|
      <strong><code>cannot fork</code></strong> messages in the
 | 
						|
      <code>error_log</code>.</p>
 | 
						|
    </div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#rlimitmem">RLimitMEM</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#rlimitcpu">RLimitCPU</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Satisfy" id="Satisfy">Satisfy</a> <a name="satisfy" id="satisfy">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Interaction between host-level access control and
 | 
						|
user authentication</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Satisfy Any|All</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>Satisfy All</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>AuthConfig</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>Access policy if both <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_host.html#allow">Allow</a></code> and <code class="directive"><a href="#require">Require</a></code> used. The parameter can be
 | 
						|
    either <code>All</code> or <code>Any</code>. This directive is only
 | 
						|
    useful if access to a particular area is being restricted by both
 | 
						|
    username/password <em>and</em> client host address. In this case
 | 
						|
    the default behavior (<code>All</code>) is to require that the client
 | 
						|
    passes the address access restriction <em>and</em> enters a valid
 | 
						|
    username and password. With the <code>Any</code> option the client will be
 | 
						|
    granted access if they either pass the host restriction or enter a
 | 
						|
    valid username and password. This can be used to password restrict
 | 
						|
    an area, but to let clients from particular addresses in without
 | 
						|
    prompting for a password.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>For example, if you wanted to let people on your network have
 | 
						|
    unrestricted access to a portion of your website, but require that
 | 
						|
    people outside of your network provide a password, you could use a
 | 
						|
    configuration similar to the following:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      Require valid-user<br />
 | 
						|
      Allow from 192.168.1<br />
 | 
						|
      Satisfy Any
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_authz_host.html#allow">Allow</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#require">Require</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ScriptInterpreterSource" id="ScriptInterpreterSource">ScriptInterpreterSource</a> <a name="scriptinterpretersource" id="scriptinterpretersource">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Technique for locating the interpreter for CGI
 | 
						|
scripts</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ScriptInterpreterSource Registry|Registry-Strict|Script</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ScriptInterpreterSource Script</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Win32 only;
 | 
						|
option <code>Registry-Strict</code> is available in Apache 2.0 and
 | 
						|
later</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive is used to control how Apache finds the
 | 
						|
    interpreter used to run CGI scripts. The default setting is
 | 
						|
    <code>Script</code>. This causes Apache to use the interpreter pointed to
 | 
						|
    by the shebang line (first line, starting with <code>#!</code>) in the
 | 
						|
    script. On Win32 systems this line usually looks like:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      #!C:/Perl/bin/perl.exe
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>or, if perl is in the <code>PATH</code>, simply:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      #!perl
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Setting <code>ScriptInterpreterSource Registry</code> will
 | 
						|
    cause the Windows Registry tree <code>HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT</code> to be
 | 
						|
    searched using the script file extension (e.g., <code>.pl</code>) as a
 | 
						|
    search key. The command defined by the registry subkey
 | 
						|
    <code>Shell\ExecCGI\Command</code> or, if it does not exist, by the subkey
 | 
						|
    <code>Shell\Open\Command</code> is used to open the script file. If the
 | 
						|
    registry keys cannot be found, Apache falls back to the behavior of the
 | 
						|
    <code>Script</code> option.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="warning"><h3>Security</h3> 
 | 
						|
    <p>Be careful when using <code>ScriptInterpreterSource
 | 
						|
    Registry</code> with <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code>'ed directories, because
 | 
						|
    Apache will try to execute <strong>every</strong> file within this
 | 
						|
    directory. The <code>Registry</code> setting may cause undesired
 | 
						|
    program calls on files which are typically not executed. For
 | 
						|
    example, the default open command on <code>.htm</code> files on
 | 
						|
    most Windows systems will execute Microsoft Internet Explorer, so
 | 
						|
    any HTTP request for an <code>.htm</code> file existing within the
 | 
						|
    script directory would start the browser in the background on the
 | 
						|
    server. This is a good way to crash your system within a minute or
 | 
						|
    so.</p>
 | 
						|
    </div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The option <code>Registry-Strict</code> which is new in Apache
 | 
						|
    2.0 does the same thing as <code>Registry</code> but uses only the
 | 
						|
    subkey <code>Shell\ExecCGI\Command</code>. The
 | 
						|
    <code>ExecCGI</code> key is not a common one. It must be
 | 
						|
    configured manually in the windows registry and hence prevents
 | 
						|
    accidental program calls on your system.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ServerAdmin" id="ServerAdmin">ServerAdmin</a> <a name="serveradmin" id="serveradmin">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Email address that the server includes in error
 | 
						|
messages sent to the client</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ServerAdmin <var>email-address</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">ServerAdmin</code> sets the e-mail address
 | 
						|
    that the server includes in any error messages it returns to the
 | 
						|
    client.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>It may be worth setting up a dedicated address for this, e.g.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      ServerAdmin www-admin@foo.example.com
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
    <p>as users do not always mention that they are talking about the
 | 
						|
    server!</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ServerAlias" id="ServerAlias">ServerAlias</a> <a name="serveralias" id="serveralias">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Alternate names for a host used when matching requests
 | 
						|
to name-virtual hosts</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ServerAlias <var>hostname</var> [<var>hostname</var>] ...</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">ServerAlias</code> directive sets the
 | 
						|
    alternate names for a host, for use with <a href="../vhosts/name-based.html">name-based virtual hosts</a>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <VirtualHost *><br />
 | 
						|
      ServerName server.domain.com<br />
 | 
						|
      ServerAlias server server2.domain.com server2<br />
 | 
						|
      # ...<br />
 | 
						|
      </VirtualHost>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../vhosts/">Apache Virtual Host documentation</a></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ServerName" id="ServerName">ServerName</a> <a name="servername" id="servername">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Hostname and port that the server uses to identify
 | 
						|
itself</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ServerName <var>fully-qualified-domain-name</var>[:<var>port</var>]</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>In version 2.0, this
 | 
						|
     directive supersedes the functionality of the <code class="directive">Port</code>
 | 
						|
     directive from version 1.3.</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">ServerName</code> directive sets the hostname and
 | 
						|
    port that the server uses to identify itself.  This is used when
 | 
						|
    creating redirection URLs. For example, if the name of the
 | 
						|
    machine hosting the webserver is <code>simple.example.com</code>,
 | 
						|
    but the machine also has the DNS alias <code>www.example.com</code>
 | 
						|
    and you wish the webserver to be so identified, the following
 | 
						|
    directive should be used:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      ServerName www.example.com:80
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>If no <code class="directive">ServerName</code> is specified, then the
 | 
						|
    server attempts to deduce the hostname by performing a reverse
 | 
						|
    lookup on the IP address. If no port is specified in the
 | 
						|
    servername, then the server will use the port from the incoming
 | 
						|
    request. For optimal reliability and predictability, you should
 | 
						|
    specify an explicit hostname and port using the
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive">ServerName</code> directive.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>If you are using <a href="../vhosts/name-based.html">name-based virtual hosts</a>,
 | 
						|
    the <code class="directive">ServerName</code> inside a
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="#virtualhost"><VirtualHost></a></code>
 | 
						|
    section specifies what hostname must appear in the request's
 | 
						|
    <code>Host:</code> header to match this virtual host.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>See the description of the
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="#usecanonicalname">UseCanonicalName</a></code> directive for
 | 
						|
    settings which determine whether self-referential URL's (e.g., by the
 | 
						|
    <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dir.html">mod_dir</a></code> module) will refer to the
 | 
						|
    specified port, or to the port number given in the client's request.
 | 
						|
    </p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../dns-caveats.html">Issues Regarding DNS and
 | 
						|
    Apache</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../vhosts/">Apache virtual host
 | 
						|
    documentation</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#usecanonicalname">UseCanonicalName</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#namevirtualhost">NameVirtualHost</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#serveralias">ServerAlias</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ServerPath" id="ServerPath">ServerPath</a> <a name="serverpath" id="serverpath">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Legacy URL pathname for a name-based virtual host that
 | 
						|
is accessed by an incompatible browser</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ServerPath <var>URL-path</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>virtual host</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">ServerPath</code> directive sets the legacy
 | 
						|
    URL pathname for a host, for use with <a href="../vhosts/">name-based virtual hosts</a>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../vhosts/">Apache Virtual Host documentation</a></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ServerRoot" id="ServerRoot">ServerRoot</a> <a name="serverroot" id="serverroot">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Base directory for the server installation</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ServerRoot <var>directory-path</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ServerRoot /usr/local/apache</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">ServerRoot</code> directive sets the
 | 
						|
    directory in which the server lives. Typically it will contain the
 | 
						|
    subdirectories <code>conf/</code> and <code>logs/</code>. Relative
 | 
						|
    paths for other configuration files are taken as relative to this
 | 
						|
    directory.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
 | 
						|
      ServerRoot /home/httpd
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../invoking.html">the <code>-d</code>
 | 
						|
    option to <code>httpd</code></a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../misc/security_tips.html#serverroot">the
 | 
						|
    security tips</a> for information on how to properly set
 | 
						|
    permissions on the <code class="directive">ServerRoot</code></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ServerSignature" id="ServerSignature">ServerSignature</a> <a name="serversignature" id="serversignature">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Configures the footer on server-generated documents</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ServerSignature On|Off|EMail</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ServerSignature Off</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>All</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">ServerSignature</code> directive allows the
 | 
						|
    configuration of a trailing footer line under server-generated
 | 
						|
    documents (error messages, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code> ftp directory
 | 
						|
    listings, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_info.html">mod_info</a></code> output, ...). The reason why you
 | 
						|
    would want to enable such a footer line is that in a chain of proxies,
 | 
						|
    the user often has no possibility to tell which of the chained servers
 | 
						|
    actually produced a returned error message.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code>Off</code>
 | 
						|
    setting, which is the default, suppresses the footer line (and is
 | 
						|
    therefore compatible with the behavior of Apache-1.2 and
 | 
						|
    below). The <code>On</code> setting simply adds a line with the
 | 
						|
    server version number and <code class="directive"><a href="#servername">ServerName</a></code> of the serving virtual host,
 | 
						|
    and the <code>EMail</code> setting additionally creates a
 | 
						|
    "mailto:" reference to the <code class="directive"><a href="#serveradmin">ServerAdmin</a></code> of the referenced
 | 
						|
    document.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>After version 2.0.44, the details of the server version number
 | 
						|
    presented are controlled by the <code class="directive"><a href="#servertokens">ServerTokens</a></code> directive.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#servertokens">ServerTokens</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ServerTokens" id="ServerTokens">ServerTokens</a> <a name="servertokens" id="servertokens">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Configures the Server HTTP response
 | 
						|
header</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ServerTokens Major|Minor|Min[imal]|Prod[uctOnly]|OS|Full</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>ServerTokens Full</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>This directive controls whether <code>Server</code> response
 | 
						|
    header field which is sent back to clients includes a
 | 
						|
    description of the generic OS-type of the server as well as
 | 
						|
    information about compiled-in modules.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <dl>
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>ServerTokens Prod[uctOnly]</code></dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>Server sends (<em>e.g.</em>): <code>Server:
 | 
						|
      Apache</code></dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>ServerTokens Major</code></dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>Server sends (<em>e.g.</em>): <code>Server:
 | 
						|
      Apache/2</code></dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>ServerTokens Minor</code></dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>Server sends (<em>e.g.</em>): <code>Server:
 | 
						|
      Apache/2.0</code></dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>ServerTokens Min[imal]</code></dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>Server sends (<em>e.g.</em>): <code>Server:
 | 
						|
      Apache/2.0.41</code></dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>ServerTokens OS</code></dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>Server sends (<em>e.g.</em>): <code>Server: Apache/2.0.41
 | 
						|
      (Unix)</code></dd>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dt><code>ServerTokens Full</code> (or not specified)</dt>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <dd>Server sends (<em>e.g.</em>): <code>Server: Apache/2.0.41
 | 
						|
      (Unix) PHP/4.2.2 MyMod/1.2</code></dd>
 | 
						|
    </dl>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>This setting applies to the entire server, and cannot be
 | 
						|
    enabled or disabled on a virtualhost-by-virtualhost basis.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>After version 2.0.44, this directive also controls the
 | 
						|
    information presented by the <code class="directive"><a href="#serversignature">ServerSignature</a></code> directive.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#serversignature">ServerSignature</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SetHandler" id="SetHandler">SetHandler</a> <a name="sethandler" id="sethandler">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Forces all matching files to be processed by a
 | 
						|
handler</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>SetHandler <var>handler-name</var>|None</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>Moved into the core in Apache 2.0</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>When placed into an <code>.htaccess</code> file or a
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="#directory"><Directory></a></code> or
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="#location"><Location></a></code>
 | 
						|
    section, this directive forces all matching files to be parsed
 | 
						|
    through the <a href="../handler.html">handler</a> given by
 | 
						|
    <var>handler-name</var>. For example, if you had a directory you
 | 
						|
    wanted to be parsed entirely as imagemap rule files, regardless
 | 
						|
    of extension, you might put the following into an
 | 
						|
    <code>.htaccess</code> file in that directory:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      SetHandler imap-file
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Another example: if you wanted to have the server display a
 | 
						|
    status report whenever a URL of
 | 
						|
    <code>http://servername/status</code> was called, you might put
 | 
						|
    the following into <code>httpd.conf</code>:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Location /status><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        SetHandler server-status<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Location>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>You can override an earlier defined <code class="directive">SetHandler</code>
 | 
						|
    directive by using the value <code>None</code>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SetInputFilter" id="SetInputFilter">SetInputFilter</a> <a name="setinputfilter" id="setinputfilter">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets the filters that will process client requests and POST
 | 
						|
input</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>SetInputFilter <var>filter</var>[;<var>filter</var>...]</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">SetInputFilter</code> directive sets the
 | 
						|
    filter or filters which will process client requests and POST
 | 
						|
    input when they are received by the server. This is in addition to
 | 
						|
    any filters defined elsewhere, including the
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addinputfilter">AddInputFilter</a></code>
 | 
						|
    directive.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>If more than one filter is specified, they must be separated
 | 
						|
    by semicolons in the order in which they should process the
 | 
						|
    content.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../filter.html">Filters</a> documentation</li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="SetOutputFilter" id="SetOutputFilter">SetOutputFilter</a> <a name="setoutputfilter" id="setoutputfilter">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets the filters that will process responses from the
 | 
						|
server</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>SetOutputFilter <var>filter</var>[;<var>filter</var>...]</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">SetOutputFilter</code> directive sets the filters
 | 
						|
    which will process responses from the server before they are
 | 
						|
    sent to the client. This is in addition to any filters defined
 | 
						|
    elsewhere, including the
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addoutputfilter">AddOutputFilter</a></code>
 | 
						|
    directive.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>For example, the following configuration will process all files
 | 
						|
    in the <code>/www/data/</code> directory for server-side
 | 
						|
    includes.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <Directory /www/data/><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        SetOutputFilter INCLUDES<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </Directory>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>If more than one filter is specified, they must be separated
 | 
						|
    by semicolons in the order in which they should process the
 | 
						|
    content.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../filter.html">Filters</a> documentation</li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="TimeOut" id="TimeOut">TimeOut</a> <a name="timeout" id="timeout">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Amount of time the server will wait for
 | 
						|
certain events before failing a request</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>TimeOut <var>seconds</var></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>TimeOut 300</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>The <code class="directive">TimeOut</code> directive currently defines
 | 
						|
    the amount of time Apache will wait for three things:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <ol>
 | 
						|
      <li>The total amount of time it takes to receive a GET
 | 
						|
      request.</li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <li>The amount of time between receipt of TCP packets on a
 | 
						|
      POST or PUT request.</li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <li>The amount of time between ACKs on transmissions of TCP
 | 
						|
      packets in responses.</li>
 | 
						|
    </ol>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>We plan on making these separately configurable at some point
 | 
						|
    down the road. The timer used to default to 1200 before 1.2,
 | 
						|
    but has been lowered to 300 which is still far more than
 | 
						|
    necessary in most situations. It is not set any lower by
 | 
						|
    default because there may still be odd places in the code where
 | 
						|
    the timer is not reset when a packet is sent. </p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="UseCanonicalName" id="UseCanonicalName">UseCanonicalName</a> <a name="usecanonicalname" id="usecanonicalname">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Configures how the server determines its own name and
 | 
						|
port</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>UseCanonicalName On|Off|DNS</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:</a></th><td><code>UseCanonicalName On</code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p>In many situations Apache must construct a <em>self-referential</em>
 | 
						|
    URL -- that is, a URL that refers back to the same server. With
 | 
						|
    <code>UseCanonicalName On</code> Apache will use the hostname and port
 | 
						|
    specified in the <code class="directive"><a href="#servername">ServerName</a></code>
 | 
						|
    directive to construct the canonical name for the server. This name
 | 
						|
    is used in all self-referential URLs, and for the values of
 | 
						|
    <code>SERVER_NAME</code> and <code>SERVER_PORT</code> in CGIs.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>With <code>UseCanonicalName Off</code> Apache will form
 | 
						|
    self-referential URLs using the hostname and port supplied by
 | 
						|
    the client if any are supplied (otherwise it will use the
 | 
						|
    canonical name, as defined above). These values are the same
 | 
						|
    that are used to implement <a href="../vhosts/name-based.html">name based virtual hosts</a>,
 | 
						|
    and are available with the same clients. The CGI variables
 | 
						|
    <code>SERVER_NAME</code> and <code>SERVER_PORT</code> will be
 | 
						|
    constructed from the client supplied values as well.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>An example where this may be useful is on an intranet server
 | 
						|
    where you have users connecting to the machine using short
 | 
						|
    names such as <code>www</code>. You'll notice that if the users
 | 
						|
    type a shortname, and a URL which is a directory, such as
 | 
						|
    <code>http://www/splat</code>, <em>without the trailing
 | 
						|
    slash</em> then Apache will redirect them to
 | 
						|
    <code>http://www.domain.com/splat/</code>. If you have
 | 
						|
    authentication enabled, this will cause the user to have to
 | 
						|
    authenticate twice (once for <code>www</code> and once again
 | 
						|
    for <code>www.domain.com</code> -- see <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/misc/FAQ.html#prompted-twice">the
 | 
						|
    FAQ on this subject for more information</a>). But if
 | 
						|
    <code class="directive">UseCanonicalName</code> is set <code>Off</code>, then
 | 
						|
    Apache will redirect to <code>http://www/splat/</code>.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>There is a third option, <code>UseCanonicalName DNS</code>,
 | 
						|
    which is intended for use with mass IP-based virtual hosting to
 | 
						|
    support ancient clients that do not provide a
 | 
						|
    <code>Host:</code> header. With this option Apache does a
 | 
						|
    reverse DNS lookup on the server IP address that the client
 | 
						|
    connected to in order to work out self-referential URLs.</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="warning"><h3>Warning</h3>
 | 
						|
    <p>If CGIs make assumptions about the values of <code>SERVER_NAME</code>
 | 
						|
    they may be broken by this option. The client is essentially free
 | 
						|
    to give whatever value they want as a hostname. But if the CGI is
 | 
						|
    only using <code>SERVER_NAME</code> to construct self-referential URLs
 | 
						|
    then it should be just fine.</p>
 | 
						|
    </div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="#servername">ServerName</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#listen">Listen</a></code></li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
 | 
						|
<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="VirtualHost" id="VirtualHost"><VirtualHost></a> <a name="virtualhost" id="virtualhost">Directive</a></h2>
 | 
						|
<table class="directive">
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Contains directives that apply only to a specific
 | 
						|
hostname or IP address</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code><VirtualHost
 | 
						|
    <var>addr</var>[:<var>port</var>] [<var>addr</var>[:<var>port</var>]]
 | 
						|
    ...> ... </VirtualHost></code></td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>core</td></tr>
 | 
						|
</table>
 | 
						|
    <p><code class="directive"><VirtualHost></code> and
 | 
						|
    <code></VirtualHost></code> are used to enclose a group of
 | 
						|
    directives that will apply only to a particular virtual host. Any
 | 
						|
    directive that is allowed in a virtual host context may be
 | 
						|
    used. When the server receives a request for a document on a
 | 
						|
    particular virtual host, it uses the configuration directives
 | 
						|
    enclosed in the <code class="directive"><VirtualHost></code>
 | 
						|
    section. <var>Addr</var> can be:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <ul>
 | 
						|
      <li>The IP address of the virtual host;</li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <li>A fully qualified domain name for the IP address of the
 | 
						|
      virtual host;</li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <li>The character <code>*</code>, which is used only in combination with
 | 
						|
      <code>NameVirtualHost *</code> to match all IP addresses; or</li>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
      <li>The string <code>_default_</code>, which is used only
 | 
						|
      with IP virtual hosting to catch unmatched IP addresses.</li>
 | 
						|
    </ul>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <VirtualHost 10.1.2.3><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        ServerAdmin webmaster@host.foo.com<br />
 | 
						|
        DocumentRoot /www/docs/host.foo.com<br />
 | 
						|
        ServerName host.foo.com<br />
 | 
						|
        ErrorLog logs/host.foo.com-error_log<br />
 | 
						|
        TransferLog logs/host.foo.com-access_log<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </VirtualHost>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>IPv6 addresses must be specified in square brackets because
 | 
						|
    the optional port number could not be determined otherwise.  An
 | 
						|
    IPv6 example is shown below:</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="example"><p><code>
 | 
						|
      <VirtualHost [fe80::a00:20ff:fea7:ccea]><br />
 | 
						|
      <span class="indent">
 | 
						|
        ServerAdmin webmaster@host.example.com<br />
 | 
						|
        DocumentRoot /www/docs/host.example.com<br />
 | 
						|
        ServerName host.example.com<br />
 | 
						|
        ErrorLog logs/host.example.com-error_log<br />
 | 
						|
        TransferLog logs/host.example.com-access_log<br />
 | 
						|
      </span>
 | 
						|
      </VirtualHost>
 | 
						|
    </code></p></div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>Each Virtual Host must correspond to a different IP address,
 | 
						|
    different port number or a different host name for the server,
 | 
						|
    in the former case the server machine must be configured to
 | 
						|
    accept IP packets for multiple addresses. (If the machine does
 | 
						|
    not have multiple network interfaces, then this can be
 | 
						|
    accomplished with the <code>ifconfig alias</code> command -- if
 | 
						|
    your OS supports it).</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
 | 
						|
    <p>The use of <code class="directive"><VirtualHost></code> does
 | 
						|
    <strong>not</strong> affect what addresses Apache listens on. You
 | 
						|
    may need to ensure that Apache is listening on the correct addresses
 | 
						|
    using <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#listen">Listen</a></code>.</p>
 | 
						|
    </div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>When using IP-based virtual hosting, the special name
 | 
						|
    <code>_default_</code> can be specified in
 | 
						|
    which case this virtual host will match any IP address that is
 | 
						|
    not explicitly listed in another virtual host. In the absence
 | 
						|
    of any <code>_default_</code> virtual host the "main" server config,
 | 
						|
    consisting of all those definitions outside any VirtualHost
 | 
						|
    section, is used when no IP-match occurs.  (But note that any IP
 | 
						|
    address that matches a <code class="directive"><a href="#namevirtualhost">NameVirtualHost</a></code> directive will use neither
 | 
						|
    the "main" server config nor the <code>_default_</code> virtual host.
 | 
						|
    See the <a href="../vhosts/name-based.html">name-based virtual hosting</a>
 | 
						|
    documentation for further details.)</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p>You can specify a <code>:port</code> to change the port that is
 | 
						|
    matched. If unspecified then it defaults to the same port as the
 | 
						|
    most recent <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#listen">Listen</a></code>
 | 
						|
    statement of the main server. You may also specify <code>:*</code>
 | 
						|
    to match all ports on that address. (This is recommended when used
 | 
						|
    with <code>_default_</code>.)</p>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <div class="warning"><h3>Security</h3>
 | 
						|
    <p>See the <a href="../misc/security_tips.html">security tips</a>
 | 
						|
    document for details on why your security could be compromised if the
 | 
						|
    directory where logfiles are stored is writable by anyone other
 | 
						|
    than the user that starts the server.</p>
 | 
						|
    </div>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
<h3>See also</h3>
 | 
						|
<ul>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../vhosts/">Apache Virtual Host documentation</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../dns-caveats.html">Issues Regarding DNS and
 | 
						|
     Apache</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../bind.html">Setting
 | 
						|
    which addresses and ports Apache uses</a></li>
 | 
						|
<li><a href="../sections.html">How <Directory>, <Location>
 | 
						|
    and <Files> sections work</a> for an explanation of how these
 | 
						|
    different sections are combined when a request is received</li>
 | 
						|
</ul>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
</div>
 | 
						|
<div class="bottomlang">
 | 
						|
<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../de/mod/core.html" hreflang="de" rel="alternate" title="Deutsch"> de </a> |
 | 
						|
<a href="../en/mod/core.html" title="English"> en </a> |
 | 
						|
<a href="../ja/mod/core.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese"> ja </a></p>
 | 
						|
</div><div id="footer">
 | 
						|
<p class="apache">Maintained by the <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/">Apache HTTP Server Documentation Project</a></p>
 | 
						|
<p class="menu"><a href="../mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="../mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="../faq/">FAQ</a> | <a href="../glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="../sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p></div>
 | 
						|
</body></html> |