[clue-talk] host's index file inaccessable unless specified in url..help?

[John Kennedy]

--- Matt Gushee <matt at gushee.net> wrote:

> John Kennedy wrote:
> > good morning all,
> > 
> > I have an el cheapo Qwest dsl line.
> > I have a Debian Webserver in a DMZ 
> > The webserver is a Debian [MEPIS distro].
> > The DMZ is on a Smoothwall box.
> > The modem is an Actiontec from Qwest/MSN.
> 
> It's unlikely that any of this would make a
> difference. You don't have a
> problem accessing the site, it's a URL mapping issue
> on the server side.


> > The problem:
> > 
> > If I just insert the domain name in the browser
> [w/o
> > the index.html with it], the site will not appear.
> > 
> > But if I add 'index.html' to the right of the
> domain
> > it comes up fine.
> > 
> > What should I check first to fix this?
> 
> Your Apache configuration. You're probably missing a
> line like this:
> 
>   DirectoryIndex  index.html
> 
> If you have access to the main Apache configuration
> file, you can put it
> there. Or if you're on a shared Web server, you can
> put in in an
> .htaccess file in your Web root. If the hosting
> company won't let you
> edit .htaccess, get another hosting companies.
> 
> BTW, I recommend having the Apache documentation at
> your fingertips:
> 
>  http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/
> 
> It's thorough and fairly readable ... the main
> problem is there's so
> damn much of it. But 90% of what you need to know is
> in the "Run-time
> Configuration Directives" section.
> 
> -- 
> Matt Gushee
> Englewood, CO, USA


Thanks Matt,

I really appreciate the guidance.

I'll do some reading now.  

I needed a pointer in the right direction.

Thanks again

John



		
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