[GLLUG] Apache Problems

Scott Harrison harris41 at msu.edu
Thu Jul 3 14:40:07 EDT 2003


Hi Paul:

We are talking about the "Indexes" option, not the "MultiViews" option.

To read a directory, one must specify both the read bit and the
executable bit.

chmod 755 (or 705 or 005, etc) would be necessary for instances
when apache is running as "nobody".

Regards,
Scott

On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 09:01, Melson, Paul wrote:
> For MultiViews to work, don't the directories in question need to be
> chmod 755 (or at least have the appropriate 'read'  bit set as well)?  I
> think this is necessary when there is no DirectoryIndex present.  
> 
> PaulM
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Of course, the directory permissions on public_html need to be correct
> (executable by the world, or at least the group under which the apache
> process runs).
-- 
Scott Harrison <harris41 at msu.edu>
Michigan State University



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