Apache

Peanut · 11-29-2003, 11:55 PM

Ok i want a link to go to the directory /files/games/name.of.file
and the index page is located /var/www/html/index.html

i think the index.html code will look like this

Code:

<A HREF="/files/games/name.of.file">Name</A>

As far as i can tell that to achieve this i need to setup an alias in the httpd.conf file.

what i have (and not working) is this

Code:

Alias /files/ "/files/"
<Directory "/files/">
  Options Indexes MultiViews
  AllowOverride None
  Order allow,deny
  Allow from all
</Directory>

That code was just modeled from the icons alias already in the httpd.conf file

any and all help is appreciated
Thanks

chort · 11-30-2003, 12:19 AM

When Apache starts, is it chrooted? If for instance Apache is chroot'd to /var, then you won't be able to see any files outside /var.

Peanut · 11-30-2003, 01:07 AM

very good question.. i have no idea.

would that chroot pertain to the /usr/sbin/httpd or the httpd.conf file?

and what should i chroot it to?

heretic^ · 11-30-2003, 11:48 AM

I know for a fact that Apache can follow links. So instead of trying /files/games/name.of.file, go into the comand line and try
ln -s /files/games /var/www/html/games
that ways you can access your files like this
<A HREF="games/name.of.file">Name</A>

DavidPhillips · 11-30-2003, 12:50 PM

Maybe it does work. Do you have an index.html file there?

david_ross · 11-30-2003, 12:56 PM

Make sure you add "FollowSymLinks" as an option for your DocumentRoot