From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 26 21:59:11 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB26416A4CE for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 21:59:11 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E39043D3F for ; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 21:59:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum-cmts1e-68-68-113-64.pittpa.adelphia.net [68.68.113.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B067169A3F; Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:59:10 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:59:09 -0500 From: Bill Moran To: Jay O'Brien Message-Id: <20041226165909.32c921c8.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <41CE7846.2080007@att.net> References: <41CDC8E8.6010704@att.net> <20041225221225.6803332d.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <41CE3598.30602@att.net> <41CE7846.2080007@att.net> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.0beta4 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apache trailing slash - was web server permissions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 21:59:11 -0000 Jay O'Brien wrote: > Jay O'Brien wrote: > > > changing the links to add a trailing / "fixed" the > > problem, and if I didn't want to use existing web pages with shortened > > relative links without the trailing / character, it wouldn't be a > > problem. > > > > I would like to understand what is causing this to work the way it is. > > I now understand it is either an Apache problem, perhaps > related to the fact I'm using an IP number as ServerName, > not a URL, and perhaps related to the fact that I'm behind > a NAT firewall (linksys router) that passes port 80 to my > FreeBSD machine on 192.168.1.9. > > What's happening is that the client on the internet is being > redirected to the 192.168.1.9 address, not to the IP number > in the ServerName line in httpd.conf. That works fine on my > LAN, but not out on the internet. > > Google returns hundreds of answers for apache "trailing slash", > and I'm following up. > > Any ideas would be appreciated, but as this is clearly not > a FreeBSD problem, I'll drop the issue here until I find a > solution. Is IE involved in this anywhere? I've noticed that IE tends to have problems with certian URLs. The "trailing slash" issue sounds familiar as an IE problem (although I'm not sure). Have you tried other browsers from the location that doesn't work? -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com