The following reply was made to PR mod_alias/1874; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Mike Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Dean Gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mod_alias/1874: destination .htaccess not read when following ALIAS Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 16:58:14 -0800 Dean Gaudet wrote: > > There's a bit in the documentation for Options FollowSymLinks which > describes that apache, when following symlinks, does *not* rewrite the > directory/filename. > > When following Aliases it does rewrite the directory/filename. So you > have to ensure that you have a <Directory /abc> section that covers the > *destination* of the Alias describing what you want it to do. > > i.e. if /abc/def is a symlink to /do/wah and you reference /abc/def/ditty, > then apache will use only <Directory> sections covering /abc/def/ditty for > this reference. > > But if /abc/def is an alias to /do/wah, and you reference /abc/def/ditty > then apache will consider <Directory> matching /abc/def/ditty and > /do/wah/ditty OH! Yes, this makes sense. May I suggest that perhaps it should be mentioned in the documentation of the alias module? Thanks for your help, -Mike
