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diff --git a/docs/manual/sections.html.en b/docs/manual/sections.html.en deleted file mode 100644 index 88f3329408..0000000000 --- a/docs/manual/sections.html.en +++ /dev/null @@ -1,170 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> -<HTML><HEAD> -<TITLE>How Directory, Location and Files sections work</TITLE> -</HEAD> - -<!-- Background white, links blue (unvisited), navy (visited), red (active) --> -<BODY - BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" - TEXT="#000000" - LINK="#0000FF" - VLINK="#000080" - ALINK="#FF0000" -> -<!--#include virtual="header.html" --> -<H1 ALIGN="CENTER">How Directory, Location and Files sections work</H1> - -The sections <A -HREF="mod/core.html#directory"><CODE><Directory></CODE></A>, <A -HREF="mod/core.html#location"><CODE><Location></CODE></A> and <A -HREF="mod/core.html#files"><CODE><Files></CODE></A> can contain -directives which only apply to specified directories, URLs or files -respectively. Also htaccess files can be used inside a directory to -apply directives to that directory. This document explains how these -different sections differ and how they relate to each other when -Apache decides which directives apply for a particular directory or -request URL. - -<H2>Directives allowed in the sections</H2> - -Everything that is syntactically allowed in -<CODE><Directory></CODE> is also allowed in -<CODE><Location></CODE> (except a sub-<CODE><Files></CODE> -section). Semantically however some things, and the most -notable are <CODE>AllowOverride</CODE> and the two options -<CODE>FollowSymLinks</CODE> and <CODE>SymLinksIfOwnerMatch</CODE>, -make no sense in <CODE><Location></CODE>, -<CODE><LocationMatch></CODE> or <CODE><DirectoryMatch></CODE>. -The same for <CODE><Files></CODE> -- syntactically everything -is fine, but semantically some things are different. - -<H2>How the sections are merged</H2> - -The order of merging is: - -<OL> - -<LI> - - <CODE><Directory></CODE> (except regular expressions) and - .htaccess done simultaneously (with .htaccess overriding - <CODE><Directory></CODE>) - -</LI> - -<LI> - <CODE><DirectoryMatch></CODE>, and - <CODE><Directory></CODE> with regular expressions - -</LI> - - <LI><CODE><Files></CODE> and <CODE><FilesMatch></CODE> done - simultaneously - </LI> - - <LI><CODE><Location></CODE> and <CODE><LocationMatch></CODE> done - simultaneously - </LI> - -</OL> - -Apart from <CODE><Directory></CODE>, each group is processed in -the order that they appear in the configuration -files. <CODE><Directory></CODE> (group 1 above) is processed in -the order shortest directory component to longest. If multiple -<CODE><Directory></CODE> sections apply to the same directory -they they are processed in the configuration file order. The -configuration files are read in the order httpd.conf, srm.conf and -access.conf. Configurations included via the <CODE>Include</CODE> -directive will be treated as if they where inside the including file -at the location of the <CODE>Include</CODE> directive. - -<P> - -Sections inside <CODE><VirtualHost></CODE> sections are applied -<EM>after</EM> the corresponding sections outside the virtual host -definition. This allows virtual hosts to override the main server -configuration. (Note: this only works correctly from 1.2.2 and 1.3a2 -onwards. Before those releases sections inside virtual hosts were -applied <EM>before</EM> the main server). - -<H2>Notes about using sections</H2> - -The general guidelines are: - -<P> - -<UL> -<LI> - If you are attempting to match objects at the filesystem level - then you must use <CODE><Directory></CODE> and/or - <CODE><Files></CODE>. -</LI> - -<LI> - If you are attempting to match objects at the URL level then you - must use <CODE><Location></CODE> -</LI> -</UL> - -But a notable exception is: - -<UL> -<LI> - proxy control is done via <CODE><Directory></CODE>. This is - a legacy mistake because the proxy existed prior to - <CODE><Location></CODE>. A future version of the config - language should probably switch this to - <CODE><Location></CODE>. -</LI> -</UL> - -<P> -Note about .htaccess parsing: -</P> -<UL> -<LI> - Modifying .htaccess parsing during Location doesn't do - anything because .htaccess parsing has already occurred. -</UL> - -<P> -<CODE><Location></CODE> and symbolic links: -</P> -<UL> -<LI> - It is not possible to use "<CODE>Options FollowSymLinks</CODE>" - or "<CODE>Options SymLinksIfOwnerMatch</CODE>" inside a - <CODE><Location></CODE>, <CODE><LocationMatch></CODE> - or <CODE><DirectoryMatch></CODE> section - (the options are simply ignored). - Using the options in question is only possible inside a - <CODE><Directory></CODE> section (or a <CODE>.htaccess</CODE> file). -</UL> - -<P> -<CODE><Files></CODE> and <CODE>Options</CODE>: -</P> -<UL> -<LI> - Apache won't check for it, but using an <CODE>Options</CODE> - directive inside a <CODE><Files></CODE> section has no effect. -</UL> - -<P> -Another note: -</P> - -<UL> -<LI> - There is actually a - <CODE><Location></CODE>/<CODE><LocationMatch></CODE> - sequence performed just before the name translation phase (where - <CODE>Aliases</CODE> and <CODE>DocumentRoots</CODE> are used to - map URLs to filenames). The results of this sequence are - completely thrown away after the translation has completed. -</LI> -</UL> - -<!--#include virtual="footer.html" --> -</BODY></HTML> |