[lug] httpd.conf concern

[Anders Knudsen]

Quick intro: I'm new to Linux as of almost 1 year ago, but am getting up to 
speed quite nicely. Have attended BLUG meetings since Jan now. Not a linux 
newbie, but not a guru either.

Q:
I just updated my redhat to 6.2, which also updated apache to 1.3.12 (so 
all config stuff is contained in httpd.conf.) After the update, the server 
would not display any files. I tracked it down to the entry:
<Files ~>
   AllowOverride AuthConfig FileInfo Indexes Limit Options
   Order allow,deny
   Deny from all
</Files>

I take this to mean "deny all files"...;-)
I changed the start of it to:
<Files />
...
and it worked.
Now I'm a bit dubious about this change since I don't fully understand the 
constraint.

Is there anyone that can explain this and give me a bit o guidance??

Thanks,

-Anders Knudsen.