From a19b6c773491e5bce11aa27c45d19d3cf9eee006 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fredrik Tolf Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2023 16:55:45 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] dirplex: Document the `dot-allow' directive. --- doc/dirplex.doc | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/dirplex.doc b/doc/dirplex.doc index 8a0184f..c18ca14 100644 --- a/doc/dirplex.doc +++ b/doc/dirplex.doc @@ -148,6 +148,19 @@ The following configuration directives are recognized: may be given to turn off index file searching completely. The *index-file* directive accepts no follow-up lines. +*dot-allow* ['PATTERN'...]:: + + As described under 404 RESPONSES, a path element beginning + with a dot character is normally rejected by default, but the + *dot-allow* directive allows certain dot-files or -directories + to be selectively allowed. Each 'PATTERN' is an ordinary glob + pattern, the matching of which allows access to a given path + element. When checking for access to dot-files or + -directories, only the *dot-allow* directive "closest" to the + file under consideration is used. It should be noted that the + default configuration file for *dirplex* contains a + *dot-allow* directive for the `.well-known` directory. + *child* 'NAME':: Declares a named, persistent request handler (see *ashd*(7) -- 2.11.0