The following reply was made to PR config/1649; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Apache bugs database <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: config/1649: .htaccess is searched UNDER DocumentRoot Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 10:05:09 -0700 (MST) On 11 Jan 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This is correct behaviour; the server looks for and > processes .htaccess files any time a document request > resolves to a file in the filesystem. Otherwise the > only way you could tailor behaviour for subdirectories > under the DocumentRoot would be by modifying the server > config files, and then they wouldn't take effect until > you reloaded the server. In addition, if you want to disable searching for them somewhere you can use AllowOverride None in your config file for that part of the fs.
