Limit directive


Purpose

Limit is a sectioning directive which controls which clients can access a directory.


Scope

This directive applies to both the global and per-directory ACFs.


Syntax

Opening Directive:

<Limit meth1 meth2 ... methn>

Each meth is one of the following methods:

Closing directive:

</Limit>

Only the following directives are allowed inside Limit sections:


Example

<Limit GET>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from .ncsa.uiuc.edu
require group sdg
</Limit>
The only clients allowed to use the GET method in this directory must be from ncsa.uiuc.edu, and authenticate to group sdg.


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