On Tue, 2012-07-17 at 20:44 -0400, Alex wrote: > I have an fc17 box with a few virtual hosts, all of which have > index.php as their index page. For some reason it continues to go to > the default fedora welcome page, despite there being an index.php in > the document root. > > Even with the only reference to DirectoryIndex in httpd.conf being > "DirectoryIndex index.php", and nothing else, it continues to go to > the welcome page. I've tried making index.php first, followed by > index.html, and it doesn't change. > > If I wrap the DirectoryIndex around "<Directory />" tags, it works as expected. Without seeing your configuration files, we can't really tell what's going on. There are settings that can override settings, depending on the sequence of entry. If you put your modifications into the configuration at the wrong spot, they mightn't do what you want. > What is the proper way to ensure my index.php page is loaded for all > virtual hosts, and the default /var/www/html page? Check the manual for Apache. If you installed it, and it's configured that way, you can just append manual to the local web address, to read the manual through your web browser. e.g. http://localhost/manual And look at the sample configuration supply, it usually has several commented examples in it. You can put options in it based on the file system and/or the URI path. If you're making everything the same, then doing the file path way may be a one-setting-for-all (i.e. everything above /var/www to be treated the same), else you'd do it in the configurations for each virtual host. In my *old* Apache configuration, I have a line like this in the main configuration file, outside of any <Directory> or <Location> clauses: DirectoryIndex index.html index.html.var It, first looks for an index.html file, then tries an index.html.var file. If you want multiple options, list your first choice first. The main configuration file has a commented main server section, has that option set, in the example configuration file after, not inside, some <Directory> clauses. And, inside my customised <VirtualHost _default_:80> clauses, I have overriding options, like this. DirectoryIndex homepage default index.html That'll first look for a homepage (dot something) file, then try a default (dot anything-or-other) file, then index.html files. Allowing for the most obvious homepage.html for the document root, the logical default.html (or default.shtml, et cetera)) pages for sub-sections, then the usual index.html file (that usually isn't actually an "index"). If you just want one default document for any directory path, then just put one file name in there. My configuration file has a separate NameVirtual host section, it begins like this: NameVirtualHost *:80 <Directory /var/www/virtuals/> AllowOverride all Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews Includes </Directory> <VirtualHost *:80> ServerName www.lan.example.com ServerAlias example lan.example.com UseCanonicalName On ServerAdmin tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx DocumentRoot /var/www/virtuals/examplecom DirectoryIndex homepage.html start.html default.html index.html ErrorDocument 401 /401.shtml ErrorDocument 403 /403.shtml ErrorDocument 404 /404.shtml ErrorLog logs/example-error_log CustomLog logs/example-access_log combined XBitHack Full </VirtualHost> It's customised for my purposes, but it should give you a template to experiment with. You don't need the half of it, though. NB: I keep my virtual hosts outside of /var/www/html, so that it's a lot harder for someone to cross between different virtual hosts, by accident of malicious design. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
