Thank you so much Torston! I had tried this before, but got this error message...
> Can't locate object method "add_config" via package "Apache2::RequestUtil" ...so I (incorrectly) concluded this function no longer existed and the documentation was out-of-date. It seems the problem was actually just that I was using the wrong handler! Regards Marcus > On Friday, 12 August 2011 11:38:51 Marcus Don wrote: >> Please could someone confirm whether what I'm trying to do is possible >> with mod_perl and, if it is, give some clues as to how? > > see $r->add_config in Apache2::RequestUtil. Best place to do it is a > PerlMapToStorageHandler (or a PerlFixupHandler if that's not too late). > Note, however, that <Directory> blocks and .htaccess files are applied by > the core maptostorage handler that runs after the modperl handler. You > can shortcut the core handler if your handler returns OK instead of > DECLINED. In that case your handler has to fill in $r->filename, $r- >> finfo and perhaps $r->path_info. <Location> blocks are applied just > after the maptostorage phase. They cannot be skipped. > > Torsten Förtsch
