====== Apache Options Directive ======

  * [[Apache]]
  * [[http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#options|mod_core]]

There are two ways to set Options for Apache.  You can have it set all the permissions directly, or inherit them from a parent.

Stating the Options directly will use only those:

<code>
Options ExecCGI FollowSymLinks SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
</code>

Setting the Options using ''+'' or ''-'' will inherit the parent's permissions, and then modify them:

<code>
Options +ExecCGI -Indexes
</code>

If you get a ''403 Forbidden'' error from Apache, most likely you need both ''FollowSymLinks'' and ''SymLinksIfOwnerMatch'' set, either globally or per-host.