Hello,

I am setting up a fileserver on mandriva2006.

I have 2 harddisk :

1. 40 GB PATA - primary ( mandriva installed )

2. 300 GB SATA as - /fileserver.

I have all my software / images / tutorials , etc... on the
SATA disk mounted as - /fileserver.

My index.html page is in /var/www/html folder on
primary HDD.

On the index.html page I have put links to all
the softwares stored in /fileserver directory.

The problem I am facing is that from a client system
when I click those links I do not get the download
dialog box. I get error.

If I put the software in /var/www/html dir then it
works.

But I have all my software stored only in - /fileserver.
And that is how I want. All html stuff in /var/www/html dir
and all softwares in /filserver dir.

How to solve this problem ?

Is it possible map aditional dir in http.conf ?

Thanks

Varun

It is possible to guide apache to other directories. Here is some documentation on it.

Is that OK,

----------------------- http.conf-------------------
.
.
.
.

<Directory "/var/www/html">


<Directory /fileserver>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
</Directory>

AllowOverride None

# Controls who can get stuff from this server.
<IfModule mod_access.c>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</IfModule>

</Directory>
.
.
.
.
-------------------------- end http.conf --------------------------

Thanks

Varun

That looks fine. If you want to make an alias to it, you could do:

Alias /alias_name /fileserver
<Directory /fileserver>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Options -Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
</Directory>

But I am getting the following error :

[root@fileserver ~]# /etc/init.d/httpd restart
Starting httpd: Syntax error on line 356 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf:
<Directory not allowed here
[FAILED]
[root@fileserver ~]#

Thanks

Varun

I think its because you've put the <directory></directory> block for /fileserver inside the other directory block. Try this instead: