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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Rob Hartill <ro...@imdb.com> on 1996/07/24 15:53:04 UTC

Re: Bad choice of directory names for info- & status-modules

Dennis Lundberg wrote:
>
>e-mail:         dennis.lundberg@mdh.se
>
>OS:             Solaris 2.X
>
>Apache version: 1.1.1
>
>Extra modules:  config_log_module status_module
>
>Symptoms:
>If you have a directory, like we have, called "information" in your 
>documentroot and use the new info_module, you can't access your 
>directory "information" any more.
>When you type in:
> http://www.some.where/information/
>as the location Apache automatically switches to the info_module page.
>I suggest using a less common directory-name like "apache-info" for the 
>info_module and "apache-status" for the status_module.
>
>ULR:
>Sorry, I had to remove the info_module to keep our /information-pages 
>available.

These names are user configurable, but I see your point, and maybe
we should do something to warn people.

I'll pass the info on. thanks.


rob