Central .htaccess file for multiple files?

[eluser]bretticus[/eluser]
You cannot alias .htaccess. nor any .ht* file. Aliases are for URLs and .ht* files are blocked for a good reason. They are not meant to be seen via public access. You want to symlink as suggested. Or, even better, stick this all in an Apache config and include it in each virtualhost if you have access to the Apache config files.