Question

I have a problem, I accidentally upgraded from Apache 2.2 to 2.4 and now need to change my httpd.conf file to use the new Require directives instead of using the old Order and Allow directives. I think I have made all the changes I need to but there is one section I am not sure what I should replace it with. This is the section:

<FilesMatch "^\.ht">
    Order allow,deny
    Deny from all
    Satisfy All
</FilesMatch>

This combination of Order, Deny and Satisfy confuses me as I am a newb at this. What is the proper 2.4 configuration to accomplish the same thing. I have tried googling an answer and searched this site but haven’t found anything (perhaps using the wrong terms – I don’t know). If some guru out there could provide some help that would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Answer 1

The idioms have changed in Apache 2.4.
Read through “Upgrading to 2.4 from 2.2” at http://httpd.apache.org/docs/trunk/upgrading.html

Look for these entries:

2.2 configuration:   
Order deny,allow   
Deny from all

2.4 configuration:   
Require all denied