See the first message in this thread for the httpd.conf and
ledgersmb-httpd.conf files pertinent to the ongoing problem of an alias and
rewrite directive not being processed as expected, and Apache httpd being
unable to open a local directory to run a Perl file.
Progress of sorts. Commenting out
#DocumentRoot "C:/Program_Files/Apache/htdocs"
caused the 404 Not Found error to go away, to be replaced by the much more
interesting 403 Forbidden error, and giving this line in logs/error.log:
[error] [client 127.0.0.1] client denied by server configuration:
C:/apache
Ignoring the fact that httpd is actually installed in
C:/Program_Files/Apache, could this error be caused because I commented out
#User daemon
#Group daemon
the default user written into the httpd.conf file by the Windows installer.
As far as I know services (daemons) on Windows do not run as users. What
say you?
On 29 January 2013 07:56, Hedley Finger <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On 29 January 2013 00:55, Nick Kew <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:39:06 +0100
>> Daniel Gruno <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > Top posting, as this is a long email.
>> > Please see:
>> > http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/rewrite/flags.html#flag_pt
>>
>
> Daniel: According to the PT flag documentation, when RewriteRule is
> defined inside a <Directory ...>, PT is automatically applied. Still
> getting a 404 Not Found with PT actually specified.
>
>
>> Disagree. This is a case of overcomplicating: there's no excuse
>> to play with mod_rewrite, and it's not even clear that the use of
>> alias isn't a sticking-plaster over a less-than-optimal
>> arrangement of the filesystem.
>>
>
> I know nothing about Apache httpd and .conf files. The
> ledgersmb-httpd.conf file is supplied by the developers as is. Installation
> onto Windows is complicated by having to translate Ubuntu instructions into
> their Windows equivalents. Not easy.
>
> A pointer to DirectoryIndex (and perhaps FallbackResource)
>> would seem more useful.
>>
>
> Thanks. I'll try to nut this out.
>
Now
DirectoryIndex index.html login.pl
Can't see how to use FallbackResource when DocumentRoot is disabled. (Of
course, it is going to have to be enabled again.)
>
>
>> Oh, and I'd be worrying about that mixing of cases introducing bugs.
>
>
Since httpd originally returned the "It Works!" page from
C:/Program_Files/Apache/htdocs/ when http://localhost was entered into the
browser, would changing case be going on. My guess is that it isn't.
Regards,
Hedley
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