I know nothing about apache[2], but I've inherited the responsibility to
move a web site from a Solaris box to Debian Etch (Yea!).
I've installed apache2 and gotten the site moved over, and it seems that
everything works (it's a simple site), but I've noticed that some links give
404s. On closer inspection, these links point to index.shtml files rather
than index.html files. I understand that's a hint to the apache server to
look for server-side includes in the file.
I've been googling all evening, and am running out of time before I have to
re-enable the Solaris box if I don't get this running (Boo-o-o-oo!), but
much of the documentation seems out of date or doesn't actually answer the
issue.
As I understand it, apache2 uses "/etc/apache2/apache2.conf" as its main
config file rather than "httpd.conf". I further understand that this file
looks to other files for "virtual web servers", so I also need to consider
the file "/etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default" (which symlinks to
"/etc/apache2/sites-available/default".
I've found references to adding "+Includes" to your "Options" section, but
no indication whatsoever where that "Options" section is. I've pretty much
decided this needs to go into the "000-default" file, which now looks like
this:
NameVirtualHost *
<VirtualHost *>
ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DocumentRoot /home/web/htdocs
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks +Includes
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /home/web/htdocs/hughes/148/072/>
Options FollowSymLinks +Includes
AllowOverride None
</Directory>
<Directory /var/www/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews +Includes
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
allow from all
# This directive allows us to have apache2's default start
page
# in /apache2-default/, but still have / go to the right
place
RedirectMatch ^/$ /apache2-default/
</Directory>
(and etc etc)
Notice I've changed the default document root from /var/www in order to
match the file structure brought over from the Solaris box. I've also added
three instances of "+Includes".
I've also found references to including some module, but I know nothing
about what that means. I did find a specific reference to run the command
"a2enmod include", which I did.
I'm restarting apache2 between each of my modifications.
Here's an example of what the directory looks like that generates the error:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/web/html/tdh/325$ sudo ls -l
total 1084
-rw-r--r-x 1 tdh tdh 38 2007-01-13 16:22 coursefinal.shtml
-rw-r--r-x 1 tdh tdh 44 2007-01-13 16:22 courseroom.shtml
-rw-r--r-x 1 tdh tdh 12 2007-01-13 15:00 coursesemester.shtml
-rw-r--r-x 1 tdh tdh 12 2007-01-13 16:28 course.shtml
-rw-r--r-x 1 tdh tdh 45 2007-01-13 16:23 coursesyllabus.shtml
-rw-r--r-x 1 tdh tdh 24 2007-01-13 16:23 coursetime.shtml
-rw-r--r-x 1 tdh tdh 16 2007-01-13 16:23 coursetitle.shtml
-rw-r--r-x 1 tdh tdh 648 2007-01-13 14:58 footer.shtml
-rw-r--r-x 1 tdh tdh 13561 2007-04-20 08:56 index.shtml
-rw-rw-r-x 1 tdh tdh 42091 2007-01-19 13:02 info-sheet.pdf
-rw-r--r-x 1 tdh tdh 1555 1998-11-20 22:11 maple00-matrix.gif
-rw-r--r-x 1 tdh tdh 6788 2007-01-19 13:05 maple00.shtml
-rw-r--r-x 1 tdh tdh 5259 2007-01-19 13:05 project.shtml
-rw-r--r-x 1 tdh tdh 3403 2007-01-16 21:26 sect-1.1-elemrowops.mws
-rw-r--r-x 1 tdh tdh 21198 2007-01-16 21:26 sect-1.1-elemrowops.pdf
-rw-r--r-x 1 tdh tdh 86690 2007-02-11 20:17 sect-2.2-inverse.mw
-rw-r--r-x 1 tdh tdh 864805 2007-02-11 20:05 sect-2.2-inverse.pdf
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/web/html/tdh/325$ sudo ls -ld ../../325
lrwxrwxrwx 1 tdh tdh 13 2007-04-26 10:28 ../../325 -> old/325-20071
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/web/html/tdh/325$ sudo ls -ld ../325-20071
drwxr-xr-x 2 tdh tdh 4096 2007-02-12 07:33 ../325-20071
If I rename the "index.shtml" file to "index.html", I get a file listing of
that directory.
Here's the tail end of the apache2 log:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/log/apache2$ sudo tail error.log
[Thu Apr 26 21:05:27 2007] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Thu Apr 26 21:05:37 2007] [notice] Apache/2.2.3 (Debian) configured --
resuming normal operations
[Thu Apr 26 21:05:41 2007] [error] [client 150.252.166.116] Directory index
forbidden by Options directive: /home/web/htdocs/hendricks/325/, referer:
http://math.acu.edu/hendricks/
[Thu Apr 26 21:05:45 2007] [error] [client 150.252.166.116] Directory index
forbidden by Options directive: /home/web/htdocs/hendricks/325/, referer:
http://math.acu.edu/hendricks/
[Thu Apr 26 21:05:48 2007] [error] [client 150.252.166.116] Directory index
forbidden by Options directive: /home/web/htdocs/hendricks/120/, referer:
http://math.acu.edu/hendricks/
[Thu Apr 26 21:10:25 2007] [notice] caught SIGTERM, shutting down
[Thu Apr 26 21:10:35 2007] [notice] Apache/2.2.3 (Debian) configured --
resuming normal operations
[Thu Apr 26 21:10:52 2007] [error] [client 150.252.166.116] Directory index
forbidden by Options directive: /home/web/htdocs/hughes/148/072/, referer:
http://math.acu.edu/hughes/
[Thu Apr 26 21:11:08 2007] [error] [client 150.252.110.216] File does not
exist: /home/web/htdocs/favicon.ico
[Thu Apr 26 21:11:08 2007] [error] [client 150.252.110.216] File does not
exist: /home/web/htdocs/favicon.ico
This is also happening with at least one other directory that uses "
index.shtml" files.
If you want to get a feel for the site,
http://www.acu.edu/math
then "Faculty and Staff" on the left,
then "David Hendricks",
then one of his schedule links. Depending on if this site is still on the
Debian box or the Solaris box will depend on if it works properly or not.
Thanks for any help you can provide!
--
Kent West
Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
