Sorry, I did not mean to reject the advice already given to me by starting a new thread. It is just that I have done what was suggested and it still does not work.
Acting as a caller, I can indeed reach a specific ascii file, but I cannot reach the intervening directory. My hope was to contact someone who has the combination same as mine (some html and some ascii) in order to privately ask what should be my settings. I did set the <Directory> note as someone suggested, but it doesn't work. What is the "root" directory? is it an absolute path, and if not, where does it begin? The absolute path to all the files is /home/httpd/vhosts/aidsinfobbs.org/httpdocs Should I set it like this: <Directory /home/httpd/vhosts/aidsinfobbs.org/httpdocs> Or should the ascii files all be gathered in a special directory under the level ~httpdocs? (This was not necessary bvfore, and would screw up all references stored in search engines the past 10 years.) If that special diredtory were "bbs" I might then put <Directory /bbs> ? But is it necessary? Ben (if I seem dumb or obstinate it is becasue I do not understand) On 10/27/05, Joshua Slive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/27/05, Ben Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am trying, so far without success, to set up httpd.conf to permit > > callers to access the plain ascii files. I don't really know diddly > > squat about httpd.conf and am hoping that someone who has this > > combination of files can tell me how to set the <Directory notes and > > where to put them in that httpd.conf file. > > > > And yes, I have read the documentation -- and got even more confused. > > Ben, starting a new thread is not going to change the answer any. We > have told you several times that > > 1. The contents of the file has nothing to do with the problem. > > 2. The error log needs to be read every time you make a change. > > 3. Your problems seems to be the Options directive in httpd.conf. > > If there is something about that you don't understand, please ask a > specific question. Don't just go back to the beginning and repeat the > stuff we've already discussed. > > Joshua. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- From: Ben Gardiner Return address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
