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Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2017 17:38:41 -0400
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Subject: Re: [users@httpd] AllowOverride - Mis-behaving Default
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On 18/06/17 05:17 PM, Nigel Peck wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> According to the documentation[1], the default for `AllowOverride` is
> `None`, and when `AllowOverride` is set to `None`, .htaccess files are
> not read at all.
>
> When I set `AllowOverride` to `None` explicitly, I find that is the
> behaviour I see, but when I don't specify it at all, the .htaccess file
> is still read and I receive a ".htaccess: [...] not allowed here" error.
> So it looks like even though no override is allowed by default, the
> `.htaccess` file is still being read when `None` is not specified
> explicitly.
>
> This is with Apache 2.4.6 on CentOS 7, so perhaps it has been fixed in a
> later version, but I am not in a position to easily test that, so
> thought I'd mention it here in case it's useful.
>
> If this is expected behaviour then the documentation could be clearer on
> this point. It states:
>
> "When this directive is set to None and AllowOverrideList is set to
> None, .htaccess files are completely ignored."
>
> So leaving it as the default should surely exhibit the same behaviour as
> setting the default explicitly?
>
> Best,
> Nigel
>
> [1] https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/core.html#allowoverride
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You probably have another <Directory> block that has AllowOverride set, 
for the / path or another. Inspect all files shipped by CentOS, and the 
ones you modified.


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