You might want to set AllowOveride to none for the root directory: <Directory /> AllowOverride None </Directory> See docs http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#allowoverride for more info.
Regards, FINESEC On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Marc Fromm <marc.fr...@wwu.edu> wrote: > I switched from using htaccess files to <Directory> directives. **** > > Other than deleting my old htaccess files what else can I do to > sop/prevent htaccess files?**** > > Should I add “ AllowOverride None” to each directory directive that I > created in httpd.conf or is there a “global” setting in httpd.conf?**** > > ** ** > > Thanks**** > > ** ** > > Marc**** >