The DirectoryIndex directive contains a list of files to try when the client request matches a direc-
tory. The first existing file in the list is used and sent as a response.
The Options directive is followed by a list of options to enable. The None value disables all options;
correspondingly, All enables them all except MultiViews. Available options include:
• ExecCGI—indicates that CGI scripts can be executed.
• FollowSymLinks—tells the server that symbolic links can be followed, and that the response
should contain the contents of the target of such links.
• SymLinksIfOwnerMatch—also tells the server to follow symbolic links, but only when the
link and its target have the same owner.
• Includes—enables
Server Side Includes (SSI). These are directives embedded in HTML pages
and executed on the fly for each request.
• Indexes—tells the server to list the contents of a directory if the HTTP request sent by the
client points to a directory without an index file (that is, when no files mentioned by the
DirectoryIndex directive exist in this directory).
• MultiViews—enables content negotiation; this can be used by the server to return a web
page matching the preferred language as configured in the browser.