On Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:12:01 -0500, you wrote (with possible editing): ...snip >> There is no favicon in GNWCA. Everything points to the options >> directive, but that is copied from the tutorial. > >As you say, things are quite clear here. If you make a request for a >directory, apache first checks the DirectoryIndex directive for files >to search for in that directory (usually index.html). If it can't >find any of those files, it will attempt to provide a directory >listing. But if you Options directive for that directory doesn't >include the "Indexes" option, then you will get a 403 error. > >More info here: >http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/Recipes/DirectoryListings > >Joshua. Thanks, Joshua, apparently that was it. What threw me off was the complaint about permissions - what it really meant was that the file wasn't there. Where would you put the Options directive - in httpd.conf or under the individual directory in httpd-vhosts.conf? And what form does it take? Thanks again -- Larry rapp@xxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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