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126 Chapter 13. Apache Conﬁguration

Figure 13-6. Directories

Click the Edit button in the top right-hand corner to conﬁgure the Default Directory Op-

tions for all directories that are not speciﬁed in the Directory list below it. The options that

you choose are listed as the Options directive within the Directory directive. You can

conﬁgure the following options:

• ExecCGI — Allow execution of CGI scripts. CGI scripts are not executed if this option is

not chosen.

• FollowSymLinks — Allow symbolic links to be followed.

• Includes — Allow server-side includes.

• IncludesNOEXEC — Allow server-side includes, but disable the #exec and #include

commands in CGI scripts.

• Indexes — Display a formatted list of the directory’s contents, if no DirectoryIndex (such

as index.html) exists in the requested directory.

• Multiview — Support content-negotiated multiviews; this option is disabled by default.

• SymLinksIfOwnerMatch — Only follow symbolic links if the target ﬁle or directory has

the same owner as the link.

To specify options for speciﬁc directories, click the Add button beside the Directory list box.

The window shown in Figure 13-7 appears. Enter the directory to conﬁgure in the Directory

text ﬁeld at the bottom of the window. Select the options in the right-hand list, and conﬁgure

the Order directive with the left-hand side options. The Order directive controls the order

in which allow and deny directives are evaluated. In the Allow hosts from and Deny hosts

from text ﬁeld, you can specify one of the following:

• Allow all hosts — Type all to allow access to all hosts.

• Partial domain name — Allow all hosts whose names match or end with the speciﬁed

string.