This must be a pure Apache problem. Please take a look at the following link as it might describe your problem and/or solution: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_dir.html and http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_autoindex.html Cheers >-----Original Message----- >From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nigel Wade >Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 1:52 PM >To: stamatakos.nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; General Red Hat Linux >discussion list >Subject: Re: Cannot see README.txt file http / web site using >Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) Server > >Nicholas G. Stamatakos wrote: >> Bizarre feature of red hat. I don't know if it is a bug, or not. >> My co-worker puts README.txt file at >/var/www/html/subdirectory and it >> is not viewable from web browser. He renames the file to READ.ME.txt >> and we can see it from the web browser. The permissions are correct >> (world readable) on both README.txt and READ.ME.txt . >> >> Is README.txt filtered out so that general web browser cannot see it? >> > >It's certainly nothing to do with RedHat per se. I can put a >README.txt in the root of a >web server and see it perfectly. > >What do the httpd access and error log say? Did SELinux rear >it's ugly head via sealert? > >-- >Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group, > University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK >E-mail : nmw@xxxxxxxxxxxx >Phone : +44 (0)116 2523548, Fax : +44 (0)116 2523555 > >-- >redhat-list mailing list >unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list