CentOS - Apr 2008 - using conf.d files to override options in httpd.conf

Like many of you, I like to avoid modifying 
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf as much as possible. Instead, 
modifying or adding files in /etc/httpd/conf.d

However, because /var/www/html is declared within the main 
httpd.conf and certain directives are set along with 
"AllowOverride None" (thus forbidding use of .htaccess), it 
seems like the only way to override any of these options is 
to modify httpd.conf directly. If nothing else, at least 
setting "AllowOverride" to something besides None.

Is that correct? Or does anyone know of a way to leave 
httpd.conf pristine, yet still override or set directives 
for /var/www/html?

johnn

On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 18:25 -0400, Johnny Tan wrote:
> Like many of you, I like to avoid modifying 
> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf as much as possible. Instead, 
> modifying or adding files in /etc/httpd/conf.d
> 
> However, because /var/www/html is declared within the main 
> httpd.conf and certain directives are set along with 
> "AllowOverride None" (thus forbidding use of .htaccess), it 
> seems like the only way to override any of these options is 
> to modify httpd.conf directly. If nothing else, at least 
> setting "AllowOverride" to something besides None.
> 
> Is that correct? Or does anyone know of a way to leave 
> httpd.conf pristine, yet still override or set directives 
> for /var/www/html?
Just don't use "example.com". Instead stick to subdomains such as
"www.example.com", while putting in a rewrite rule that redirects from
example.com.

-- 
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet at gmail.com>

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Johnny Tan wrote:
> Like many of you, I like to avoid modifying /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf 
> as much as possible. Instead, modifying or adding files in 
> /etc/httpd/conf.d
>
> However, because /var/www/html is declared within the main httpd.conf 
> and certain directives are set along with "AllowOverride None"
(thus
> forbidding use of .htaccess), it seems like the only way to override 
> any of these options is to modify httpd.conf directly. If nothing 
> else, at least setting "AllowOverride" to something besides None.
I don't think there is anything to prevent .htaccess in the default config.

That said, I couldn't find a satisfactory way to avoid editing
httpd.conf.
>
> Is that correct? Or does anyone know of a way to leave httpd.conf 
> pristine, yet still override or set directives for /var/www/html?