Right, now depending on their client... if they forget to type trailing "/" some add it(good ol konqy) I.E. doesnot, you simple receive a nicepage cannot be displayed until you add the trailing "/"
I do however remeber somewhere in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf(i think thats right) that there was mention of requiring a trailing "/" to do the internal redirects... may have been changed removed between mine,apache 1.3.11 stock eD2.4 to the 1.3.22 that you are running. HTH, On Thursday 25 October 2001 05:54, you were heard blurting out: > dont know why but a trailing slash is required for any url that does > internal redirects like localhost and users dirs. > > On Thursday 25 October 2001 14:41, Ian Marchak wrote: > > This is probably a simple one, but I've missed it thus far. > > > > How does one/what control access to directories with or without a '/' > > after them? > > > > For example...on a freshly installed 1.3.22 the manual pages are found > > under http://hostname/manual/ and the trailing slash is > > necessary...but this isn't always, or hasn't always been the case in > > the past. For example, 'http://hostname' works w/ or w/out the > > slash. It's a niggly thing and really not of huge importance, but I'd > > like to understand this. > > > > What declaration/dirctive defines this behavior? -- Bill Day ( a.k.a. BadMan ) 188133 http://counter.li.org irc.openprojects.net #linux-users ( Open 24/7 ) Our crystal tears now fall upon the ashes, but from the dust shall grow a new spirit, to be in compassion for those who are lost, and one in determination to break those who dare test our resolve to be free... <-------------------------------------------------------------------------> http://www.badman.linux-dude.com/tribute.html <-------------------------------------------------------------------------> 7:30pm up 85 days, 9:45, 25 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users