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Chapter 14. Apache HTTP Server

14.5.61.

MetaDir

MetaDir

specifies the name of a directory where your Web server should look for files containing

meta information (extra HTTP headers) to include when serving documents.

14.5.62.

MetaSuffix

MetaSuffix

specifies the filename suffix for the file that contains meta information (extra HTTP

headers), which should be located in the

MetaDir

directory.

14.5.63.

ErrorDocument

By default, in the event of a problem or error, your Web server outputs a simple and usually cryptic

error message back to the requesting client. Instead of using the default, you can use

ErrorDocument

to configure your Web server so that it outputs a customized message or redirects the client to a local

or external URL. The

ErrorDocument

directive simply associates a HTTP response code with a

message or a URL which will be sent back to the client.

Important

You must enclose the error message in a pair of double quotes for it to be valid.

14.5.64.

BrowserMatch

The

BrowserMatch

directive allows your server to define environment variables and take appropri 

ate actions based on the User Agent HTTP header field   which identifies the client's browser. By

default, your Web server uses

BrowserMatch

to deny connections to specific browsers with known

problems and also to disable keepalives and HTTP header flushes for browsers that are known to have

problems with those actions.

14.5.65.

Location

Location

and

/Location

tags allow you to specify access control based on URL.

If you want to allow people connecting from your domain to see server status reports, you should

uncomment the next section of directives:

#

Location /server status

#

SetHandler server status

#

Order deny,allow

#

Deny from all

#

Allow from .your_domain.com

#

/Location

You must replace

.your_domain.com

with your second level domain name.

If you want to provide server configuration reports (including installed modules and configuration

directives) to requests from inside your domain, you will need to uncomment the following lines:

#

Location /server info

#

SetHandler server info

#

Order deny,allow