Name
allow from
Synopsis
allow from host host ...
directory, .htaccess
The allow
directive controls access to a directory. The argument
host
can be one of the following:
-
all
All hosts are allowed access.
- A (partial) domain name
All hosts whose names match or end in this string are allowed access.
- A full IP address
The first one to three bytes of an IP address are allowed access, for subnet restriction.
- A network/netmask pair
Network
a.b.c.d
and netmaskw.x.y.z
are allowed access, to give finer-grained subnet control. For instance, 10.1.0.0/255.255.0.0.- A network CIDR specification
The netmask consists of
nnn
high-order 1-bits. For instance, 10.1.0.0/16 is the same as 10.1.0.0/255.255.0.0.
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