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I'm installing doxWiki, and the webserver installation instructions assume root access to httpd.conf -- my provider, 1and1, only allows access to .htaccess

Below is the doxWiki httpd.conf sample

ServerAdmin YourName@YourMail.com

DocumentRoot "/home/doxWiki/htdocs"

<Directory />
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
</Directory>

<Directory "/home/doxWiki/htdocs">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

<IfModule alias_module>
    Alias /images "/home/doxWiki/images"
    ScriptAlias // "/home/doxWiki/"
</IfModule>

<Directory "/home/doxWiki">
    AllowOverride None
    Options None
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

<Directory "/home/doxWiki/images">
    AllowOverride None
    Options Includes
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>

What of the above can be converted to .htaccess, and what cannot?

ServerAdmin := not Alias := rewrite rules ScriptAlias := not even sure what this is Directory sections := convertable?

I couldn't find any one source online, or in existing questions, that cover all the issues above. I edit rewrite rules so infrequently that I never remember the details from time to time....

I originally asked this at StackOverflow, but thought it might be more appropriate, here.

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Michael Paulukonis
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It will mostly depend on which values your host allows to be edited. In theory, everything can be put in an .htaccess file if they set AllowOverride All at the server level.

Have you tried using all your code in an htaccess to test? (You can try it in a subfolder if the site is already live.) If it doesn't work, and you can't find out which values are causing problems, you should ask your host to tell you what you can and can't override.

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