> -----Original Message----- > From: Marc Perkel [mailto:marc@xxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 2:16 AM > To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [users@httpd] Has mod speling changed? > > OK - So - this is a bug and needs to be fixed? You would > think that an > HTTP server as popular as Apache would be able to support case > insensitive URLs. For that matter you would think that Linux should > support case insensitive file systems. That's one of the areas where > Windows is superior to Linux. How many letters do you have on your keyboard - 26? No, you have 52. Capital letters and small letters are different entities to a computer - so "A" and "a" are quite different at every level in a computer environment. The only level at which confusion arises is when a human reads them. So "case-insensitivity" is not an intrinsic property of an OS or application, it is a human contrivance that we shoehorn an application into. Your "problem" is really only in your head since it is only you that thinks users should be able to put URLs into their browser in any old case they like. Even my granny knows to type the URL exactly as written and, if in doubt, to use only lower-case. Rgds, Owen Boyle Disclaimer: Any disclaimer attached to this message may be ignored. > > I may have to go back to my old trick of using Samba mounts to trick > primitive applications like Apache into being case > insensitive. As you > can see - rolling eyes - that I thing this is very frustrating. > > Morgan Gangwere wrote: > > linux? if its that, then you are kinda stuck. I ran a site that used > > 2.0 and then we got 2.2.12 and the difference between /foo\ > and /foo/ > > and \foo\ was that under Windows, its ...\foo\... and under > Linux its > > .../foo/... and in freeBSD its ...\foo/ and under NetBSD > ../foo\... so > > its a battle of the / / \ directory delimiter. i know this is in no > > way related to the case-sensitivity, but im getting there. > > > > the module that we used was called mod_serveallcases.c > > this would serve the file INDEX.HTML or InDeX.HtMl or INDeX.htmL (or > > any variant) even if the file on the server was > 'index.html', and that > > broke in 2.2 because it used a different serving method. even though > > slight, it made a huge difference. > > > > On 7/26/06, Marc Perkel <marc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> > >> sniedermeyer@xxxxxxx wrote: > >> > Hi Marc, > >> > > >> > I noticed this issue switching from IIS to Apache. My initial > >> research > >> > pointed to file names being case insensitive, but > directories still > >> > remaining case sensitive. Please let me know if you find out > >> otherwise. > >> > > >> > Steven. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> OK - In Apache 2.0 the directories were case insensitive > too. Now in 2.2 > >> I'm getting 404 errors. What do I have to do to make the > directories not > >> case sensitive? > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 > >> > >> > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's company. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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