case sensitive URLs with Apache

ddaas · 08-10-2006, 04:55 AM

Hi there,
I have apache3.1 on a FC2 server and it considers the name of the programs available for download case sensitive:
e.g.: www.site.com/abc.zip is not the same with www.site.com/ABC.ZIP.
Why is that? What can I do to make everything case insensitive? Is there a directive or something?

Many Thanks

druuna · 08-11-2006, 02:21 PM

Hi,

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Why is that?

Because abc.zip is not the same as ABC.ZIP

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What can I do to make everything case insensitive? Is there a directive or something?

I don't think that is possible. Linux, and it's programs, are by nature case sensitive (unlike for example windows). Even if apache had such a switch, how would it choose between abc.zip and ABC.ZIP (and AbC.ZiP etc)? All are legal and can exist in the same directory on a linux box, which one is going to be served by apache?

benjithegreat98 · 08-11-2006, 06:32 PM

There's this:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_speling.html