On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Alex Chen <alex_c...@filemaker.com> wrote:
> However I have already set ServerRoot to "C:/Program Files/Apache" and > DocumentRoot to 'htdocs", therefore I assume it implies the document root > will be "C:/Program Files/Apache/htdocs", as indicated in your reply, > correct? > > The question is why I have to use <Directory "C:/Program > Files/Apache/htdocs"> instead of <Directory "htdocs"> even though > DocumentRoot is already set to "htdocs"? Because the documentation says that the <Directory > block always requires the full path: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/core.html#directory That was a design decision that was probably made years ago.
