Personal homepage configuration¶
Default configuration¶
By default every personal homepage is configured with the following apache webserver options
Options Multiviews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
which enables multiviews, automatic directory indexing in the absence of an index.html file and following of symlinks in your ~/public_html/ directory and all subfolders.
Please note that only relative symbolic links within public_html are supported.
By default access is granted to all files and directories within ~/public_html except for dotfiles (anything starting with a dot .) and CGI script files (like index.php). Please contact our helpdesk should you require dynamic content provided by CGI scripts in your preferred scripting language like PHP, Python, Perl, etc.
Modifying your configuration¶
To modify your configuration, create a file named .htaccess in the directory to modify. For example to turn off directory indexing, create a .htaccess file with the following content:
Options -Indexes
You may also specify multiple directives to enable/disable options (+EnableOption/-DisableOption):
Options +Indexes -SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
To disable all directory options:
Options None
For password protected directories, please refer to How to restrict access to a personal homepage.
Directives allowed to override¶
You may override any directives in the following 3 override classes
AuthConfigLimitIndexes
and the additional directives
RedirectRedirectMatchRedirectPermanentRedirectTemp
You may also override directory Options limited to the directives
NoneMultiviewsIndexesSymLinksIfOwnerMatch