may be given to turn off index file searching completely. The
*index-file* directive accepts no follow-up lines.
+*dot-allow* ['PATTERN'...]::
+
+ As described under 404 RESPONSES, a path element beginning
+ with a dot character is normally rejected by default, but the
+ *dot-allow* directive allows certain dot-files or -directories
+ to be selectively allowed. Each 'PATTERN' is an ordinary glob
+ pattern, the matching of which allows access to a given path
+ element. When checking for access to dot-files or
+ -directories, only the *dot-allow* directive "closest" to the
+ file under consideration is used. It should be noted that the
+ default configuration file for *dirplex* contains a
+ *dot-allow* directive for the `.well-known` directory.
+
*child* 'NAME'::
Declares a named, persistent request handler (see *ashd*(7)
* A path element is encountered during mapping which, after URL
unescaping, either begins with a dot or contains slashes;
* The mapping procedure finds a file which is neither a directory nor
- a regular file (or a symbolic link to any of the same);
+ a regular file (nor a symbolic link to any of the same);
* An empty, non-final path element is encountered during mapping; or
* The mapping procedure results in a file which is not matched by any
*match* stanza.