On 9/4/07, Frederick Lamartin <fhlamartin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Joshua, > > Thanks for your attention. I'm trying to follow your guidance and, at the > same time, develop a deeper understanding of the concepts involved in > configuring Apache. Here's my latest failure: > > DocumentRoot "C:/Users/Lamartin/My Website/" > > <Directory "C:/Users/Lamartin/My Website/"> > > Options Multiviews Indexes FollowSymLinks Includes ExecCGI > AllowOverride None > Order allow,deny > Allow from all > > </Directory> > > Alias /lamartin "C:/Users/Lamartin/My Website" > > URL: "http://localhost/" opens the default Apache index.html > > URL: "http://localhost/~lamartin/" leads to an Internet Explorer http #404 > error > > Can you resteer me towards a solution? Forget about the Alias and the ~lamartin stuff until you have the basic DocumentRoot working. Did you restart apache after changing the config file? Are there other DocumentRoot directives in httpd.conf? (There should only be one unless you are running VirtualHosts.) Are you sure you are editting the correct config file? --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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