Webmaster in a Nutshell, Third Edition

Name

Options

Synopsis

                     Options 
                     options 
                     ...

[server config, or within <VirtualHost> or <Directory>, or .htaccess]

Controls the degree of advanced features that you wish to allow on your server. One or more options may be listed on the Options line, separated by spaces. Valid entries are:

None

No features are enabled in this directory.

Indexes

Allows clients to request a formatted index of this directory if no DirectoryIndex has been specified.

Includes

Server-side includes are enabled in this directory.

IncludesNoExec

Server-side includes (SSIs) are enabled in the directory, but the exec feature and the include of CGI scripts is disabled.

ExecCGI

Execution of CGI scripts is allowed in this directory.

MultiViews

Content-negotiated multiviews are allowed in this directory.

FollowSymLinks

The server follows symbolic links in this directory. The pathname is not altered to reflect to the new location.

SymLinksIfOwnerMatch

The server follows symbolic links only if the target file/directory is owned by the same user ID as the link.

All

All features are enabled in this directory.

The Options directive can be used in both the global access.conf and in per-directory .htaccess files. There can be only one Options directive per Directory segment. If omitted, the default is:

Options All