I've just noticed this bug. IMHO, /usr/share/nginx/www/ should never be used to actually serve files. To serve static files, the document root should be changed. Somewhere under /srv is suitable under the FHS.
It would be nice if this were documented better somehow (I don't know how), but this is a deliberate decision on the part of the Debian nginx maintainers. See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=730382 for some background and the current debate (which I note already links here as an example of how things go wrong). I'm all for changing the default document root to /var/www/html/ like Apache to avoid this issue, but I think that this change is still up for debate in Debian. I'm neutral on whether Ubuntu should unilaterally make this change outside of Debian. On one hand I prefer not to diverge, but the existence of this bug does demonstrate that this is a real issue for real Ubuntu users. Apache's way seems to do better and is decades old. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #730382 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=730382 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to nginx in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1194074 Title: Default index.html blindly overwritten To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nginx/+bug/1194074/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
