====AllowOveride====
To allow local [[HtAccess .htaccess]] files to overide your global default settings defined in [[HttpdConf httpd.conf]] you need to change the "AllowOveride" setting 
of the default /var/www/html website

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# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
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and find the section beginning
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<Directory "/var/www/html">

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
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change
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AllowOverride None
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to
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AllowOverride All
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save the file and then
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# service httpd restart
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See also
ModAccess
ModAuth

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