On Apr 10, 2005 11:03 PM, krystian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <krystian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Suppose a directory structure exists as such: > > (0) /home/user > (1) /home/user/public_html > (2) /home/user/public_html/subdirectory > (3) /home/user/public_html/subdirectory/subdirectory > > Where a particular, but arbitrarly chosen domain, www.somedomain.com, when > accessed, references /home/user/public_html on some server. > > As I understand, htaccess rules within subdirectory (2) are inherited from > the parent directory's htaccess files (1) UNLESS an htaccess file exists in > that particular subdirectory (2). Should an htaccess file exist, then, > unless instructed through "RewriteOptions inherit", only the instructions > contained within that htaccess file apply from that directory (2) onward (3, > and so on down). Not quite. Configuration directives are *always* merged with those from parent directories. The only exception is mod_rewrite. For mod_rewrite, directives are only inherited if the RewriteOptions inherit is set. > My questions follow: > > 1. Put .htaccess in user's home directory?: > Is it good practice to put an .htaccess file in a user's home directory?(0). > Would/Do you do this? Why or Why not? Is this a practice anywhere? Can you > provide an example? This depends entirely on what you are attempting to accomplish. .htaccess files can do many different things. You should probably start by reading http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/howto/htaccess.html > 2. Searching for .htaccess: > How many directories up are searched if a htaccess file is not found in the > current directory and the parent directory? .htaccess files are checked all the way up to the filesystem root, unless the AllowOveride option has been set to "none" (as it is in the default config file). The rest of your question doesn't make much sense once you correct the mistakes above. If you need more detail, it would probably be helpful to explain exactly what you are trying to accomplish, rather than talking in the abstract. Joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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