It was thus said that the Great Stuart Gall once stated:
>
> Hello,
> As I understand it <Location something>
> and <Directory something>
> are equivalent except Location refers from the Document root
Not quite. <Location> refers to the URL, *not* the directory.
For example:
http://bible.conman.org/
Actually, go there. You'll notice that there's *only* a "robots.txt" file
and nothing else. Yet, go to:
http://bible.conman.org/kj/Genesis.6:9-9:17
And you'll get the Biblical story of the flood. What's going on here?
Here's the relevent configuration from my server:
<VirtualHost 66.165.166.133>
ServerName bible.conman.org
ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DocumentRoot /http/spc/sites/bible.conman.org/htdocs
CustomLog /http/spc/logs/bible.conman.org combined
<Directory /http/spc/sites/bible.conman.org/htdocs>
Options All
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
<Location /kj/>
LitbookDir /http/spc/sites/bible.conman.org/bible
LitbookTranslation /http/spc/sites/bible.conman.org/thebooks
LitbookIndex http://literature.conman.org/bible/
LitbookTLD /kj/
LitbookTitle "The Electric King James"
SetHandler litbook-handler
</Location>
</VirtualHost>
The directory is "/http/spc/sites/bible.conman.org/htdocs" under which,
there's not much there. *But* the location "/kj" is controlled by a custom
written module that handles the requests.
> So I have apache 2.0.50 installed on Mandrake
> In one of my virtual hosts I have
>
> <Location />
> Allow from all
> </Location>
>
> <Location /ppm/storyboard>
> Options +Indexes
> Allow from all **
> </Location>
>
> When I go to this location with a web browser I see the directory index
> but with no files UNLESS
> I also include
>
> <Directory /document root>
> Allow from all
> </Directory>
>
> I do not see any files listed.
>
> Why do I need the double Allow from all ??
My guess is that you could remove the "Allow" from the <Location>
directive, but keep it for the <Directory> and it will still work.
<Location> refers to URL space, *not* the directory space.
-spc (Who wrote the above module for a "proof-of-concept" for an idea
I had)
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