[NBLUG/talk] Debian and apache.

Steve srj at adnd.com
Fri Nov 21 11:55:01 PST 2003


Nope , not an alais.  It is possible this is the default like you said.. 
 I'm just use to my other server that (i guess) re-writes.
I'll compare teh 2 configs =)

-Steve



On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 11:45:25AM -0800, ME wrote:
> Is "mail" an alias specified in the httpd.conf file or a real directory
> inside the directory as specified as your documentroot?
> 
> Also, I think according to the protocol specs, a trailing slash for
> directories is required. Many times, the webserver/client will
> redirect/be-redirected for requests for directories without the trailing
> "/" to the same URl with the trailing "/" when a file is not found with
> that name.
> 
> -ME
> 
> Steve said:
> > I installed Apache on my debian system, and I just noticed an odd behavior
> >
> > If I point my browser to a directory on my server with out a /
> > at the end I get a 404 error, yet the same URL with the / works
> >
> > Example:
> >
> > http://somedomain.com/mail
> > returns a 404 error
> > yet
> > http://somedomain.com/mail/
> > works just fine.
> >
> > (note: not really using somedomain.com.. just an example)
> >
> > Is this an apache config issue?  if so anyone know what it is? I browsed
> > through the httpd.conf file and can't see any reference to this.
> >
> >
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