RE: [users@httpd] Newbie needs help

[Boyle Owen <Ow...@swx.com>]

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/core.html#directory

For starters..

Basic rule is that directives for one directory apply to all
sub-directories UNLESS superseded by more specific directives (i.e. in a
container for a sub-dir). Conflicting directives for the same directory
- last take precedence.

Rgds,

Owen Boyle

PS post in plain-text please.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Putnam [mailto:dap1@mindspring.com]
Sent: Donnerstag, 12. Dezember 2002 20:06
To: users@httpd.apache.org
Subject: [users@httpd] Newbie needs help


I apologize in advance for my denseness but I am just not understanding
the <Directory> directives and hierarchy. Can someone please point me to
an "Apache Directives for Dummies" document? The normal documentation
and tutorials I have found are not sinking in.

In the event one does not exist I'll explain my question in the hopes
someone will have mercy. :-)

I'm running Apache 1.3.27 on Windows ME.

I am using the vanilla distribution version of httpd.conf with the
exception of filling in the appropriate DocumentRoot value. My directory
tree is as follows:

"C:/httpd/apache/htdocs" <-----DocumentRoot 
"index.html" 
        . 
"special folder" 
"setup.php" 
       .


With everything vanilla, it works as I expected including PHP. I then
added the following directive to httpd.conf:

<Directory "C:/httpd/apache/htdocs/special folder">
   Deny from All
</Directory>

I will add specific accesses later when I get this figured out. Given
the above, access to "setup.php" is granted to anyone anyway. I thought
the "Deny from All" would prohibit access by everyone. My expectation
was that a link to "setup.php" in "index.html" would result in the
"Forbidden" error page. Obviously I am not understanding the hierarchy
of these directives and need help.

Also, in the default httpd.conf there is an example of a user directory
that is one level above the DocumentRoot directory
("C:\httpd\apache\users"). If http://localhost/ accesses the
DocumentRoot, how does one specify a URL that is higher in the tree then
root? I tried playing with this as well and couldn't get it to work.

TIA
 


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