The directives provided by .htaccess
+ files to control access to particular parts of the server.
+ Access can be controlled based on the client hostname, IP address, or
+ other characteristics of the client request, as captured in environment variables. The
Both host-based access restrictions and password-based
+ authentication may be implemented simultaneously. In that case,
+ the
The directives provided by
In general, access restriction directives apply to all
+ access methods (GET, PUT,
+ POST, etc). This is the desired behavior in most
+ cases. However, it is possible to restrict some methods, while
+ leaving other methods unrestricted, by enclosing the directives
+ in a
The
The first argument to this directive is always
+ from. The subsequent arguments can take three
+ different forms. If Allow from all is specified, then
+ all hosts are allowed access, subject to the configuration of the
+
Hosts whose names match, or end in, this string are allowed
+ access. Only complete components are matched, so the above
+ example will match foo.apache.org but it will not
+ match fooapache.org. This configuration will cause
+ Apache to perform a double reverse DNS lookup on the client IP
+ address, regardless of the setting of the
An IP address of a host allowed access
The first 1 to 3 bytes of an IP address, for subnet + restriction.
A network a.b.c.d, and a netmask w.x.y.z. For more + fine-grained subnet restriction.
Similar to the previous case, except the netmask consists of + nnn high-order 1 bits.
Note that the last three examples above match exactly the + same set of hosts.
+ +IPv6 addresses and IPv6 subnets can be specified as shown + below:
+ +The third format of the arguments to the
+ Allow from
+ env=env-variable is specified, then the request is
+ allowed access if the environment variable env-variable
+ exists. The server provides the ability to set environment
+ variables in a flexible way based on characteristics of the client
+ request using the directives provided by
+ User-Agent (browser type), Referer, or
+ other HTTP request header fields.
In this case, browsers with a user-agent string beginning
+ with KnockKnock/2.0 will be allowed access, and all
+ others will be denied.
This directive allows access to the server to be restricted
+ based on hostname, IP address, or environment variables. The
+ arguments for the
The
Deny,AllowAllow,DenyMutual-failureOrder
+ Allow,Deny and is deprecated in favor of that
+ configuration.Keywords may only be separated by a comma; no whitespace is
+ allowed between them. Note that in all cases every
In the following example, all hosts in the apache.org domain + are allowed access; all other hosts are denied access.
+ +In the next example, all hosts in the apache.org domain are + allowed access, except for the hosts which are in the + foo.apache.org subdomain, who are denied access. All hosts not + in the apache.org domain are denied access because the default + state is to deny access to the server.
+ +On the other hand, if the Deny,Allow, all hosts will
+ be allowed access. This happens because, regardless of the
+ actual ordering of the directives in the configuration file,
+ the Allow from apache.org will be evaluated last
+ and will override the Deny from foo.apache.org.
+ All hosts not in the apache.org domain will also
+ be allowed access because the default state will change to
+ allow.
The presence of an
will deny all access to the /www directory
+ because the default access state will be set to
+ deny.
The .htaccess file, regardless of the setting of the
+
Access policy if both All or Any. This directive is only
+ useful if access to a particular area is being restricted by both
+ username/password and client host address. In this case
+ the default behavior (All) is to require that the client
+ passes the address access restriction and enters a valid
+ username and password. With the Any 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.
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:
+ +Since version 2.0.51