On 1/7/06, Emmanuel E <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <Directory /> > Options FollowSymLinks > AllowOverride None > </Directory>
> The .htaccess file in C:\ contains the following: > > ===================== > AuthUserFile c:/apache2/bin/password.txt > AuthName "blah" > AuthType Basic > Require user blah > Satisfy All > ====================== > > > AllowOverride All is enabled for the Directory htdocs. Therefore it should > look up the .htaccess file. The .htaccess files documentation says that > Apache traverses every folder upto the root directory looking for .htaccess > files. Therefore it should reach the file in C:\. However it is not Apache only looks for .htaccess files in directories where AllowOverride is not none. It doesn't look for AllowOverride only in the directory requested; it looks also in all parent directories. So the AllowOverride none in <Directory /> above tells apache not to look for .htaccess files in the root directory or any directories underneath it until there is one where AllowOverride is set otherwise. Joshua.
