[lug] apache config for cgi virtual host

[Elyse Grasso]

I get messages of "You don't have permission to access / on this server." 
Tried a couple of variations of the path in the Action line without 
improving things.

On Thursday 18 April 2002 01:33 am, you wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Elyse Grasso wrote:
> 
> > My boss wants to be able to type
> > http://mail.releaseteam.com
> > instead of
> > http://mail.releaseteam.com/cgi-bin/sqwebmail
> >
> > do I need to create an index.html for mail.releaseteam.com to call the 
cgi?
> > Or can I set up something in the apache conf file so that the cgi script 
if
> > effectively called as the home page for mail.releaseteam.com?
> 
> You probably want to use the Location directive[0] with a custom action,
> other alternatives are the Alias directive from mod_alias[1] or
> mod_rewrite[2], but the latter is massive overkill for this use and
> somewhat arcane.  If you're still having trouble I'll be happy to help.
> 
> 
> [0] Something like this should work since autoindex tends to be on and
>     it'll try index.html, if it fails do a touch htdocs/index.html:
> 
>     # set up handler for the front page
>     Action front-page "/cgi-bin/sqwebmail"
>     # associate handler with the root directory
>     <Location "/index.html">
>         SetHandler front-page
>     </Location>
> 
> [1] http://www.apacheref.com/ref/mod_alias.html
> [2] http://www.apacheref.com/ref/mod_rewrite.html
> 
> 
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