Topic awaiting preservation: apache config: accessing dirs.

ok, i set up a linux box as a webserver but im having troubles with the apache.

if i type http://mybox/mydir
it thinks that mydir is a file in the root directory and therefore i get a 404.
if i want to access that dir i have to type http://mybox/mydir/
with a trailing slash.

is there a way to configure apache that it accesses dirs without that slash?

Hah I had this problem too but stopped worrying about it.
However since you asked I bugged my friendly neighborhood sysadmin

Basically you need to add

ServerName yourdomain.com (see the linked explaination)

I set this on my test box just to local host and it worked fine for me even when accessing the box by name I think the big thing is the value needs to be set.





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ok. thanks.
i cant access that box right now, but ill try this asap.
thank you!

well, im now sittin in front of the servers httpd.conf and there is already an entry with the form:

ServerName mycomputer.mydomain.com

and just FYI the problem doesnt only occur with webusers ( /~grumble/) but with every directory on the server.
to me it seems like a DNS problem cause i cant access the webserver via the name (mycomputer) but only via the ip address (http://192.168.123.123)

Found these in the apache.org website - don't know how much use they'll be...
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_dir.html
http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/core.html#UseCanonicalName

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