The following reply was made to PR mod_alias/1874; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Dean Gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mike Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mod_alias/1874: destination .htaccess not read when following ALIAS Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:55:53 -0800 (PST) There's a bit in the documentation for Options FollowSymLinks which describes that apache, when following symlinks, does *not* rewrite the directory/filename. When following Aliases it does rewrite the directory/filename. So you have to ensure that you have a <Directory /abc> section that covers the *destination* of the Alias describing what you want it to do. i.e. if /abc/def is a symlink to /do/wah and you reference /abc/def/ditty, then apache will use only <Directory> sections covering /abc/def/ditty for this reference. But if /abc/def is an alias to /do/wah, and you reference /abc/def/ditty then apache will consider <Directory> matching /abc/def/ditty and /do/wah/ditty symlink != alias Does that make sense? Dean
