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Gil@LQ · 12-16-2011, 12:25 PM

hi all,

i installed apache, my purpose is to make files files available to users through webpage. so i created a config file like below

Quote:

vi /etc/http/conf.d/download.conf
Alias /download /var/data
<Directory /var/data>
AllowOverride Options
</Directory>

but not displaying in browser.. Please is it correct or not >> please help me ..
thank you.

T3RM1NVT0R · 12-16-2011, 12:32 PM

You are editing the wrong .conf file. The file that you should be looking for is /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

There are many documents available on internet which explains how to configure apache web server.

bathory · 12-16-2011, 04:11 PM

@T3RM1NVT0R

Quote:

You are editing the wrong .conf file. The file that you should be looking for is /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

OP didn't mentioned the distro, but looks like an RHEL based.
AFAIK RHEL base distros use "Include conf.d/*.conf", so the download.conf file will be read by apache.

@OP
You need:

Code:

Options Indexes

inside the <Directory /var/data>...</Directory> stanza, or since you have an "AllowOverride Options", you can put the same Options directive inside a .htaccess file in that directory

Regards

T3RM1NVT0R · 12-16-2011, 04:48 PM

@ bathony,

Thanks for the information. I always prefer to manage it via httpd.conf just to make sure everything is there in the same file :-)

@ subbarao_ganeshna,

Do you see the default apache page when you type in the address in your browser. If that is the case then you should comment out lines in the following file:

/var/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf

Comment out (put a # sign) in front of all lines in the above mentioned files and then it should show you the file listing.

deep27ak · 12-16-2011, 10:33 PM

you also need to add a virtual host in your config file to do the same

Code:

<VirtualHost server-ip:80>
        ServerAdmin root@server.example.com
        ServerName server.example.com
        DocumentRoot /var/data
        <Directory /var/data/>
        Options Indexes
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
        </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Alias /download  /var/data
<Directory /var/data/>
        AllowOverride None
        Options None
        Order allow,deny
        Allow from all
</Directory>

pantdk · 12-16-2011, 11:01 PM

Hi user this & changes your config as per your environment

<VirtualHost 192.168.0.185>
ServerName dk.pant.com
ServerAdmin root@dk.pant.com
DocumentRoot /tank/pant
DirectoryIndex index.html
<Directory "/tank/pant/wmv">
Options Indexes
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>