----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Dahiroc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 8:43 PM Subject: httpd and directories
> hi all > > i've installed apache web server and i am puzzled as to how it can see > my /usr/share/doc or /usr/doc directory. i was under the impression > that by default all directory lookup begin at /var/www. so to go > http://www.dahiroc.net/doc the directory /var/www/doc must > exist. however in my /var/www directory i don't have a 'doc' > directory or link - just an index.html. yet i can go to > http://www.dahiroc.net/doc. can someone give a reason for this and > how do i stop apache from looking in my /usr/share/doc directory. well, look in your httpd.conf. There will probably be an alias pointing to that directory. Jens
