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From: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>
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On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Gary Kline wrote:

> > 	Yes, that was the answer; now I'd like to know exactly
> > 	where this directive is allowed (andor disallowed).
> >
> > 	I put the line both within the <IfModule mod_dir.c> tags
> > 	and inside my virtual server delimiters.  Should/can it
> > 	be in both places?  am I increasing the load on the server?
> >
>
>
> 		For the record, I'll answer my own question.
> 		Putting the "index.shtml" entry anywhere but
> 		within the <IfModule mod_dir.c> tags causes
> 		the permission problem above.  Putting the
> 		DirectoryIndex line elsewhere doesn't do
> 		anything ... well, it may burn up a few usec's
> 		of parsing as apache reads the http.conf.

Some of this is answered by "httpd -L | grep -C2 DirectoryIndex"; the
rest is in the apache docs :-)

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It's a sad fact that the word "semantics" seems to have lost all meaning.


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