Instead of using Alias, what about using soft link to the directory? What are the pros and cons of these methods? --- "Wagner, Aaron" <aaron.wagner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Old [mailto:kevinold@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 1:31 PM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [users@httpd] Trying to access directory > index outside doc root > > Hello, > > My document root is /var/www/html and I'm trying to > show a directory > index of all of the files in > /home/kdo/working/excessinv on the same > server. > > I've tried all variations of the configurations > below and haven't had > any luck. I'm running 1.3.27 on a RH 7.3 server. > > Alias /excessinvarch/ /home/kdo/working/excessinv > > <Directory "/home/kdo/working/excessinv"> > Options +Indexes FollowSymLinks > Order allow,deny > Allow from all > </Directory> > > Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? > > Any help is appreciated! > -- > Kevin Old > kevinold@xxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the > Apache HTTP Server > Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for > more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: > users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: > users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Use Alias....... > > > Alias /MRODocs "//crprchfnp05/e2e monitoring east/" > > > > aaron > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the > Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for > more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > " from the digest: > users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > For additional commands, e-mail: > users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx