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Just be carefull to include first the jserv.conf file in the httpd.conf file
and AFTER that to load the rewrite module
Then for each virtual host (or for the hole server) you have to add
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/$ /servlets/YourIndexServlet [PT]
The [PT] means "Pass Through", to pass the new filename to other file name
processing modules there might be
Stefanos
Joe - Cable wrote:
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> Thank You! I'll give this a try. I'm not familiar with the RewriteEngine,
> RewriteRule items, but I'll look into them.
>
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stefanos Karasavvidis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Java Apache Users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 5:23 AM
> Subject: Re: using a servlet as DirectoryIndex
>
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> >I (finally) found a way to do this with the rewritemodule
> >
> > RewriteEngine on
> > RewriteRule ^/$ /servlets/YourIndexServlet [PT]
> >
> >this rewrites all URLs with no filename to the servlet.... .jsp do work,
> >too now
> >
> >In my previous attempts I forgot the $ which indicates "end of URL".
> >
> >Can anyone tell me how to put this to the faq??
> >
> >sk
> >
> >Stefanos Karasavvidis wrote:
> >
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> >> OS: Windows NT4, 2000
> >> Apache: 1.3.9, 1.3.12
> >> JServ: 1.0, 1.1
> >> JDK: 1.2.2, 1.3
> >>
> >> I want to use a servlet as a directory index for a web site (the page
> >> displayed when no file is specified). The command for the apache
> >> configuration file for this is
> >> DirectoryIndex filename
> >> where filename could be something like "index.html" or "/dir/filename"
> >>
> >> This does not seem to work when the filename points to a servlet (e.g.
> >> /servlets/foo). Instead the files of the directory are displayed, and I
> >> could not find any error message either in the apaches log files or
> >> JServs log files.
> >>
> >> I tried to use the RewriteModule but this had various implications with
> >> other kind of stuff (JSPs had problems and some other stuff I tried)
> >>
> >> How could something like this be implemented??
> >>
> >> sk
> >>
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