The following reply was made to PR config/2899; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Marc Slemko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Daniel W. Forsyth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Apache bugs database <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: config/2899: Access.conf will not use new directories Date: Sun, 6 Sep 1998 23:18:57 -0700 (PDT) On Mon, 24 Aug 1998, Daniel W. Forsyth wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > [In order for any reply to be added to the PR database, ] > > [you need to include <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> in the Cc line ] > > [and leave the subject line UNCHANGED. This is not done] > > [automatically because of the potential for mail loops. ] > > [If you do not include this Cc, your reply may be ig- ] > > [nored unless you are responding to an explicit request ] > > [from a developer. ] > > [Reply only with text; DO NOT SEND ATTACHMENTS! ] > > > > Synopsis: Access.conf will not use new directories > > > > State-Changed-From-To: open-feedback > > State-Changed-By: marc > > State-Changed-When: Mon Aug 24 12:28:54 PDT 1998 > > State-Changed-Why: > > Erm... you have to be more specific about just what you are > > trying to do. > > > > Exactly what are you putting where when it denies access? > > > > Exactly what do you think that the "<Directory /home/httpd/pts>" > > section should do? > > > > I think it should allow me to use the url > http://localhost/pts/<filename>, but I think I > might not know what I'm talking about :-). I'm trying to install > Project Tracking System under > the directory /home/httpd/pts. Does that make it more clear? No, please go through the docs or ask on Usenet. Directory sections don't do anything except apply directives to particular directories on disk. If you want to make them available, they have to be setup that way explicitly; eg. DocumentRoot, Alias, etc.
