<quote who="Chris Croome"> > Hi > > On Tue 01-Mar-2005 at 04:34:57PM -0000, Gavin Henry wrote: >> >> I have been reading http://perl.apache.org and >> http://modperlbook.org/ >> >> and I understand the Apache::Registry parts of the docs, i.e. >> enabling say /perl/ for an alias etc. >> >> But, all I want to do is stick a index.pl in the main root >> directory and go from there. >> >> I know this is done with the <Files></Files> parameter, but it's >> confusing the out of me. > > You need to tell apache which file to serve as a directory index: > > DirectoryIndex index.pl > > http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_dir.html#directoryindex > > And also you need to enable scripts, I'd use a <Directory> directive > something like this if I were you: > > DocumentRoot /var/www/html > <Directory /var/www/html> > AllowOverride None > Options ExecCGI Indexes > DirectoryIndex index.pl > Order allow,deny > Allow from all > </Directory> > > Chris
Many thanks, I'll try this tonight. -- Just getting into the best language ever... Fancy a [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just ask!!!