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Apache Server for Windows Little Black Book (Publisher: The Coriolis Group) Author(s): Greg Holden with Matthew Keller ISBN: 1576103919 Publication Date: 01/01/99 function isIE4() { return( navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1 && (navigator.appVersion.charAt(0)=='4') ); } function bookMarkit() { var url="http://www.itknowledge.com/PSUser/EWBookMarks.html?url="+window.location+"&isbn=0"; parent.location.href=url; //var win = window.open(url,"myitk"); //if(!isIE4()) // win.focus(); } Search this book:   Previous Table of Contents Next Configuring Directory Options Once your directory tree is structured the way you want, you can use the Options directive to activate special options that are commonly used for primary and virtual host configuration. For instance, follow these steps to enable indexing and server-side includes in the htdocs directory: 1.  Open a configuration file, such as access.conf, in Notepad. 2.  If you are working with access.conf, uncomment the lines that cover the Options directive (near the beginning): #<Directory /> #Options FollowSymLinks #AllowOverride None #</Directory> Change them to the following (substitute your own directory path for the one shown): <Directory C:/Apache/www/local/public/htdocs> Options Indexes Includes </Directory> 3.  Choose File|Save to save your changes. The Options directive can be used in many contexts: server config, virtual host, per-directory, and .htaccess files. It has the following syntax: Options [+|-] option [+|-] option ... In addition, the following applies: •  Context—server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess The following options can be used as arguments to Options: •  None—Disables all options in the chosen scope (virtual host, directory, and so on). •  All—Enables all options except MultiViews in the chosen scope. •  ExecCGI—Enables execution of CGI scripts in the chosen context. •  FollowSymLinks—Tells Apache to follow symbolic links in the directory. Symbolic links are short files that point to other directories or files under Unix. Hence, it’s not applicable to Apache for Windows. •  Includes—Allows server-side includes in the chosen context. •  IncludesNOEXEC—Permits server-side includes but disables the #exec and #include SSI commands. •  Indexes—Tells the server to present a formatted directory list to the client. The list appears if a client sends a URL that maps a request to a particular directory and there is no DirectoryIndex such as index.html present. •  SymLinksIfOwnerMatch—This is another Unix-specific option that doesn’t apply to Windows. •  MultiViews—Tells Apache to deliver content that is negotiated based on a document’s language. The plus sign (+) is only needed if you want to activate an option that was disabled in an earlier directive. If you’re using Options only once, you don’t need to include + to enable an option. The minus sign (-) disables an option. Creating Personal Web Directories Sites that have many different users often need to provide those users with directory space where they can locate their individual HTML files and Web documents. Many sites use the following URL convention to allocate space to users: http://www.hostcompany.com/~user/ In this sort of configuration, ~user is actually an alias for a document root directory in the user’s home directory. All users need to have a DocumentRoot that will hold their individual Web sites. In an organization that has a large number of users (such as an ISP), it helps to have a shortcut that maps to user’s individual Web-site directories. In Apache, the shortcut is UserDir. The default setting is as follows: UserDir public_html Consider, for instance, two users named John and Mary. Their Web site directory structures would look like something like this: C:/Apache/www/home/john/public_html C:/Apache/www/home/mary/public_html With UserDir set to public_html, a visitor would only have to enter the following to access John’s or Mary’s Web-site files: http://www.hostcompany.com/~john/index.html http://www.hostcompany.com/~mary/index.html Each request maps to the following: C:/Apache/www/home/john/public_html/index.html C:/Apache/www/home/mary/public_html/index.html You don’t have to use the default of public_html. You can simply change the directory to “html” or whatever name you like by setting the name as an attribute to UserDir. Setting The Default Type For A Directory In the course of assembling a Web site, you may want to make available a group of files that are all of the same type, even though they may not all have file-name extensions that make their nature obvious. For instance, your text files could be named file1, file2, and so on rather than file1.txt, file2.txt, and so on. You can use the DefaultType directive to configure Apache to identify the default file type for the directory. This saves your visitors from having to see a browser alert that asks them what to do with such a file. Apache use the DefaultType directive to identify a file whose MIME type cannot be determined from its existing list of MIME types. To set the default type for a directory that contains only plain-text files, follow these steps: 1.  Open access.conf in Notepad. 2.  Enter the following (substitute the directory path shown with your own path): <Directory C:/Apache/htdocs/textfiles> DefaultType plain/text </Directory> 3.  Additionally, you can specify DefaultType with a virtual host, an .htaccess file, or on a server-wide basis. The syntax is as follows: DefaultType mime-type In addition, the following apply: •  Default—DefaultType text/html •  Context—Server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess •  Override—FileInfo 4.  Choose File|Save to save your changes and restart Apache so the changes take effect. If you use the plain/text designation instead of an alert dialog box to ask the user how to act on a file, the browser receives a header identifying the file as plain text and displays the text immediately. MIME-type information is configured with the directives supplied by the mod_mime module, which is compiled into Apache by default. The AddType directive, for instance, is used to match a new MIME type with a list of file-name extensions. See Chapter 6 for more information on mod_mime and its directives. Previous Table of Contents Next Products |  Contact Us |  About Us |  Privacy  |  Ad Info  |  Home Use of this site is subject to certain Terms & Conditions, Copyright © 1996-2000 EarthWeb Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of EarthWeb is prohibited.