<Files ~ "^\.ht"> Order allow,deny Deny from all </Files> prevents access to any file starting .ht [why ^\. ? Answer ]   Then are mime -type directives, error logging directives and aliasing directives.   Index Options FancyIndexing VersionSort AddIconByEncoding (CMP,/icons/compressed.gif) x-compress x-gzip AddIconByType (TXT,/icons/text.gif) text/* AddIconByType (IMG,/icons/image2.gif) image/* AddIconByType (VID,/icons/movie.gif)