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.htaccess file (or "distributed configuration file") provides a method to change the configuration for a directory, that is, placing a file containing one or more directives in a specific document directory to act on this directory and all subdirectories. As a user, the commands that can be used are restricted by the administrator through the Apache AllowOverride directive.
To enable .htaccess, you need to modify httpd.conf, enable AllowOverride, and use AllowOverride to limit the use of specific commands. If you need to use a file name other than .htaccess, you can use the AccessFileName directive to change it. For example, if you need to use .config, you can configure it in the server configuration file as follows: AccessFileName .config.
Generally speaking, .htaccess can help us achieve: folder password protection, automatic user redirection, customized error pages, change your file extension, ban users with specific IP addresses, and only allow specific IP addresses. Some functions include users, prohibited directory lists, and using other files as index files.
How to create a .htaccess document
How to customize error page
One application of
.htaccess is custom error pages, which will allow you to have your own, personalized error page (for example when a file is not found), rather than the error page provided by your service provider or without any page. This will make your website look more professional when something goes wrong. You can also use scripts to notify you when an error occurs (for example, automatically email you when a page cannot be found). Any page error code you know (such as 404 page not found) can be turned into a custom page by adding the following text to the .htaccess file:ErrorDocument errornumber /file.html
For example, if there is a notfound.html file in my root directory, I want to use it as the 404 error page: ErrorDocument 404 /notfound.html
If the file is not in the root directory of the website, you only need to set the path to: ErrorDocument 500 /errorpages/500.html