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Re: [users@httpd] how many directives can you have?

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Tommy Peterson
<To...@xpandcorp.com> wrote:
> I think I am confused about the <Location> directive. How many can you have? Can you list 4 or 5, for example, and they are all acted upon? Or does Apached just start with the first and stop there. Sorry for such a basic question but I ran into an issue.
>
> I used such a directive to lock down a particular directory. All was good. Then I decided that I only wanted part of the directory (web app) to be locked down. So I added several such Location directives. While it appeared to work . . . well without going into too much detail the application didn't require authentication. So I thought it was my application until I changed the directives back to one for the entire directory/application and it started working again as it should.
>


Generally, the contents of the matching sections are merged together.
  How this works for specific directives sometimes takes
experimenting.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/sections.html#mergin

Be aware also that location /foo includes anything under /foo. If you
want more control, use LocationMatch.

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RE: [users@httpd] how many directives can you have?

Posted by Tommy Peterson <To...@xpandcorp.com>.
So according to this part:
"    <Location> and <LocationMatch> done simultaneously
Apart from <Directory>, each group is processed in the order that they appear in the configuration files."

I at least logically approached it correctly. Dunno. Perhaps it is something else. I have ruled out everything else and all roads lead back to this . . . the Apache location directives.

I'll just keep looking at it. Thanks for the reference.

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Covener [mailto:covener@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 9:15 AM
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: Re: [users@httpd] how many <Location> directives can you have?

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:53 PM, Tommy Peterson
<To...@xpandcorp.com> wrote:
> I think I am confused about the <Location> directive. How many can you have? Can you list 4 or 5, for example, and they are all acted upon? Or does Apached just start with the first and stop there. Sorry for such a basic question but I ran into an issue.
>
> I used such a directive to lock down a particular directory. All was good. Then I decided that I only wanted part of the directory (web app) to be locked down. So I added several such Location directives. While it appeared to work . . . well without going into too much detail the application didn't require authentication. So I thought it was my application until I changed the directives back to one for the entire directory/application and it started working again as it should.
>


Generally, the contents of the matching sections are merged together.
  How this works for specific directives sometimes takes
experimenting.

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/sections.html#mergin

Be aware also that location /foo includes anything under /foo. If you
want more control, use LocationMatch.

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