> However, since I'm getting these issues as a direct result of using the > tutorial example (and at one point I even created all the same > directories and used the example code line-for-line just to make sure), > I feel like there must be a common, canonical solution to these issues.
There is, but you may not like it: don't put your images there. The common approach I've seen is to have a separate Location that doesn't map directly to the file system and exists only to drive this mod_perl handler. It's also a good practice to organize your images in a separate directory so that you can easilly serve them from a dedicated image server later on. Also, you really should turn off auto indexes anyway on a production server. It's a security problem. - Perrin
