Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 11:55:25 +0200 From: Johann Visagie <wjv@cityip.co.za> To: Jerry <jerryr@ComCAT.COM>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: need a / after a domain? Message-ID: <19981022115525.B14541@cityip.co.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.02A.9810211000390.7567-100000@uw>; from Jerry on Wed, Oct 21, 1998 at 10:02:45AM -0400 References: <Pine.GSO.4.02A.9810211000390.7567-100000@uw>
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On Wed, 21 Oct 1998 at 10:02 SAT, Jerry wrote:
>
> I know I saw this question on the list not to long ago but I just can't
> remember the fix. After the domain name in a browser you must use a / or
> the site won't open. Where is this configuration changed?
Does that happen with all sites or only specific ones?
The handling of the missing trailing slash is a server issue. The server
should know that when a user requests a file that turns out to be a
directory, it should issue an error 301 ("permanently moved") and redirect
the browser to the index file within that directory.
-- V
Johann Visagie | wjv@CityIP.co.za | Tel: +27 21 419-7878 | ICQ: 20645559
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