15.5.1 About Nested Containers

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15.5.1 About Nested Containers

The following example illustrates how you can nest containers, using <Limit> and <LimitExcept> containers to permit GET, POST, and OPTIONS to be used with user directories under /home/*/public_html.

<Directory /home/*/public_html>
  AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
  Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch \
  IncludesNoExec
  <Limit GET POST OPTIONS>
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
  </Limit>
  <LimitExcept GET POST OPTIONS>
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
  </LimitExcept>
</Directory>

In the example, the AllowOverride directive specifies the following directive classes:

AuthConfig: Permits the use of the authorization directives.
FileInfo: Permits the use of directives that control document types.
Limit: Permits the use of directives that control host access.

The Options directive controls the features of the server for the directory hierarchy, for example:

FollowSymLinks: Follow symbolic links under the directory hierarchy.
Includes: Permits server-side includes.
IncludesNoExec: Prevents the server from running #exec cmd and #exec cgi server-side includes.
Indexes: Generates a web directory listing if the DirectoryIndex directive is not set.
MultiViews: Allows the server to determine the file to use that best matches the client's requirements based on the MIME type when several versions of the file exist with different extensions.
SymLinksIfOwnerMatch: Allows the server to follow a symbolic link if the file or directory being pointed to has the same owner as the symbolic link.

For more information, see http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/directives.html.