os-windows/1558: Alias to other drives gives error 404

["P.Smith" <se...@geocities.com>]

>Number:         1558
>Category:       os-windows
>Synopsis:       Alias to other drives gives error 404
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Dec 16 01:20:00 PST 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     sec96@geocities.com
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        apache 1.3b3
>Environment:
Windows NT 4.0 Server with Service Pack 3 
apache downloaded from apache FTP server
>Description:
Alias to other drives gives error 404. If dir alias in on the serverroot then
works ok.
>How-To-Repeat:
serverroot=c:/apache
alias /cd-rom/ d:/
URL=http://server/cd-rom/
gives error 404
>Fix:

>Audit-Trail:
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