Topic: Stop 2.4 reading the .htaccess file

[nigelfo]

How to stop Apache 2.4 reading htaccess in the root of my website (the opposite of most problems with this file...!)

The docs say:

"When this directive [AllowOverrideList] is set to None and AllowOverride is set to None, then .htaccess files are completely ignored. In this case, the server will not even attempt to read .htaccess files in the filesystem."

I get 500 errors as the directive in htaccess are now disallowed - which is kinda correct, but it should not even be *trying* to read the file.

I have the above directives in all the default places in httpd.conf, eg:

<Directory />
AllowOverride None
AllowOverrideList None
</Directory>

and also, just to be sure my website root:
<Directory /var/www/html/my_website>
...

I've looked for any lower level directories that might be overriding this (as I understand it this will cause Apache to walk "up" the tree)

So, how to find what is causing Apache to still read this file? It says this is a performance hit, so I'd like to turn it off!

Thanks!

[glsmith]

Sounds like a bug to me.