Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 19:46:13 -0800 From: Jay O'Brien <jayobrien@att.net> To: FreeBSD - questions <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: web server permissions question Message-ID: <41CE3405.2090409@att.net> In-Reply-To: <41CDC8E8.6010704@att.net>
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Jay O'Brien wrote: > I think this is a permissions issue. I just installed Apache13, > and it works fine on my LAN using a fixed local IP. I opened > port 80 in my Linksys router, and from the internet I can now > get to my home page over the internet, using my fixed IP. > >>From my local LAN I can use links on my home page to display > html files in directories under the directory where my home > page lives. However, from over the internet I can only get to > my home page. Except, I can go to IP/manual/ and apache shows > me the apache manual pages by virtue of an alias in httpd.conf. > > So, I know it is possible to access other web pages via the > internet connection; I just don't know how to allow access to > my subdirectories. > > Jay O'Brien > Rio Linda, California USA > More data on this issue.... I found how to get around this problem, and it isn't permissions at all. On the other web server I use, I use relative and shortened addressing on links, for example /xyz which, when selected by the user, would then send the user the /xyz/home.html file, in the xyz subdirectory under the directory where the home page lives. Now, with this version, I find that I must add a trailing /, using /xyz/ instead of /xyz, and with that change everything works as expected. I can now access home.html files in subtending directories with such shortened relative links from my LAN and from the internet. This doesn't explain why the link without the trailing / works fine on my local LAN but not when accessed over the internet. I would prefer to have it work without the trailing / because I want to copy many existing pages with such relative addresses from my other server. I'm not sure where to look in them, but... now to the Apache manuals! Jayhome | help
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