applets and apache

[John F. Davis]

System Info:

Debian Potato
Apache 1.3.9

Hello 

I am having trouble with applets and html.  I want to put all my
java applet class files in a directory.  

Here is some html which is supposed to display an applet:

<OBJECT
        CLASSID="java:Foo.class"
        CODEBASE="ClassDir/"
        CODETYPE="application/java"
        WIDTH=400
        HEIGHT=80>
</OBJECT>

However, I can not get the applet to display if I put the class file
in the /var/www/ClassDir.  I can get the applet to display if I 
put the class file in the /var/www/ directory.

What gives?

John