Re: I dunno, I would think that this should.. oh, I dunno.. work.

tiger YAMATO wrote:
> Okay, so I compile 1.3.27 in Cygwin. Okay, no biggie. Apache starts
> just fine.. however, when I try to actually CONNECT to my server, I
> get 404s. I've spent 4 hours trying to figure it out.. I got nothing.
>
> error.log:
>
> [Thu Jun 26 12:27:04 2003] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not
> exist: d:/www/
>
> Okay, seems simple enough to fix... except that d:/www/ DOES exist.
>
> apache.conf says:
>
> DocumentRoot "d:/www/"
> <Directory "d:/www/">
>
> I've tried it without the trailing slash, without the drive.. nothing.
> What am I doing wrong?

A directory is not a file - Apache needs to be told how to treat it.

There are two options - either provide an index file, and tell Apache
how to search for it, or enable directory listings.

To use an index file, you need a DirectoryIndex command e.g.
DirectoryIndex index.html

and then you need to put a file with one of the names you specify in the
directory. Apache will load the first file it finds from the list on the
DirectoryIndex command.

If you just want Apache to list the directory, then set the Index option
on the directory e.g.:

<Directory "d:/www">
Options Indexes
</Directory>

You also need to enable access to the directory, because the default
Apache configuration is to locked down everything. These options inside
the <Directory> block should work:

Order allow,deny
Allow from all

Hope this helps!
--
Jim Patterson
Ottawa, Ont
CANADA