hi, with that config lines you just need to access http://yourhost/music jg6789@xxxxxxx wrote:
This... Alias /music "d:/my music" <directory "d:/my music"> Order allow,deny Allow from all </directory>...Doesnt work. Does it have to be somehwere special in the config file? stopped and restarted apache to refresh config file.furthermore the link path upon clicking shows file:///D:/My Music rather than http://localhost/D:/My Music----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Covener" <covener@xxxxxxxxx> To: <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 4:29 AM Subject: Re: QuestionOn Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 8:41 PM, <jg6789@xxxxxxx> wrote:[error] [client 127.0.0.1] (20023)The given path was above the root path: Cannot map GET /D:/My%20Videos HTTP/1.1 to file, referer: http://localhost/I read all Alias Instructions in manual. not clear to me. How do I add an alias and/or add a directory block that will work? Here is what I am trying to do:in the index.html file in C:/xampp/htdocs...I am trying to hyperlink likethis <a href="D:/My Music">Music</a>Alias /music "d:/my music" <directory "d:/my music"> Order allow,deny Allow from all </directory> -- Eric Covener covener@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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.comVersion: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.7.5/1696 - Release Date: 9/28/2008 1:30 PM---------------------------------------------------------------------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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