I'm having trouble understanding how to configure mod_perl to execute a handler when called with a virtual location (i.e. one that does not directly map to anything in the server's filesystem). I know it's possible because packages like PageKit do it. I tried hacking through PageKit's code, but it didn't answer any questions.
My problem is that whenever Apache receives a URL for a virtual location, its default translation handler converts it into a directory index (index.html), which of course doesn't exist. The end result is a 403. Now I can write my own PerlTransHandler to intercept requests for my specific locations and pretend to translate them, but that's a pain and PageKit seems to work without doing that. Does anybody have any insight they could offer? Thanks in advance. :) -- Milo Hyson CyberLife Labs, LLC
