Apache Reference: http_core, AccessFileName
AccessFileName
Name of Per-Directory Configuration Files
Syntax: AccessFileName A
Example: AccessFileName .apacherc
Since: Apache 1.0
When returning a document to the client, Apache looks for the first existing access control file from this list of names in every directory of the path to the document, if access control files are enabled for that directory. For instance, before returning the document F, the server tries to read F, F, F and F for directives, unless they have been disabled with ``
AllowOverride None''.