Allow the use of files directive in .htaccess

Question

In my /etc/apache2/apache2.conf I have the following config:

... <Directory /var/www> Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride FileInfo </Directory> ...

And in /var/www/.htaccess

... <files .htaccess> Order allow,deny Deny from all </files> ...

But I get an error:

[Sat Mar 22 00:00:00.020630 2014] [core:alert] [pid 1234] [client 285.123.123.123:1234] /var/www/.htaccess: order not allowed here

When I change AllowOverride FileInfo to AllowOverride All the error is gone.

Should I do it differently? Is there an other option to enable files directive?

I use Apache 2.4.6

julp · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-23 00:36:21Z

Order/Deny/Allow implies Limit, not FileInfo, as value of AllowOverride.

Also note that these directives are deprecated since Apache 2.4.0: they are replaced by Require.

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