os-windows/2953: Cannot get Alias to root directory of drive on which Apache is installed

[Richard Masters <ri...@bl.uk>]

>Number:         2953
>Category:       os-windows
>Synopsis:       Cannot get Alias to root directory of drive on which Apache is installed
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep  4 04:20:01 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     richard.masters@bl.uk
>Organization:
apache
>Release:        1.3.1 (Win 32)
>Environment:
Windows 95  4.00.950a
>Description:
Trying to get access to all the directories (from root down) on the drive on which Apache is installed is failing. I am using exactly the same settings in my conf files for other drives (local and network) with no problem.

Error log shows:
[Fri Sep 04 12:08:11 1998] file .\os\win32\util_win32.c, line 66, assertion "s >= szFile && "this is a known bug"" failed

(Reverse of PR 1558?)
>How-To-Repeat:
httpd.conf:
   ServerRoot D:/apache
srm.conf:
   Alias /droot/ d:
   Alias /croot/ c:
access.conf:
   <Directory D:/>
   allow from all
   Options Indexes
   </Directory>
   <Directory C:/>
   allow from all
   Options Indexes
   </Directory>

URL = http://myserver/croot/ work okay
URL = http://myserver/droot/ fails with "connection with the server was reset"
>Fix:
No
>Audit-Trail:
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