howard chen wrote: > In the document: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/core.html#documentroot > > It said > >> The DocumentRoot should be specified without a trailing slash. > > However, even I end with a trailing slash, it is ok. > Any other impact? (as the document only told you not to, without reason) > > Thanks. > Yup, the server puts the trailing slash on the url when it responds to the browser request. If you put the trailing slash on the document root, then the server REQUIRES it. this makes http://example.com fail to resolve, the typed url would need to be http://example.com/ Jaqui --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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