httpd.conf for Alias and DocumentRoot usage

Noah <admin2@xxxxxxxxxxx> · Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:58:32 -0800

apache-2.2.4
joomla-1.0.12

Reposting since I have not received specifc help for my situation.  So I 

want to keep the joomla directory in a path that has nothing to do with 

the site's DocumentRoot.  I am assuming this brings more security.  But 

what I'd like to do is take out the need for joomla to be nested in the 

http://www.site.com/main URL

I'd like joomla to appear without 'main' in the URL - like 

http://www.site.com/

How would I configure my httpd.conf file to allow this behavior?  For 

instance how important are trailing / (slashes).  What are things I need 

to be aware of?

---- config ----

      DocumentRoot /a/www/data/www.site.com

      Alias /main /a/www/joomla/

      RewriteEngine on
      RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^(GET|POST|HEAD)$
      RewriteRule .* - [F]

      Redirect permanent /index.html http://www.site.com/main

---- config ----

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