A wierd/unusual problem with DirectoryIndex... or is it?

[planix]

Hi,

I have Apache 2.0.52 (win32) PHP 4.3.10 mod_perl 1.99 running on Windows 2000.

No problems and it seems to be working well.

I have DirectoryIndex set up as

DirectoryIndex index.html index.php index.htm index.html.var

and this worked well until the other day. I could simply enter the directory address for the server

http://discors.jcu.edu.au/

and the index.php file would be picked up automatically.

Just the other day that stopped working. Now I need to explicitly reference index.php for it to be activated.

This only happens at the root directory level.

No changes were made to any config files and I don't even think I stopped the server in between times, though I may have.

Can anyone tell me what might have happened and where I can look for more information as to how to fix this? I would be happy to post the httpd.conf but I'll wait and see if anyone can think of an obvious question for me to check first.

cheers

Alistair

 

[Wishdiak]

planix,

I was able to view

http://discors.jcu.edu.au/

just fine. What error message do you recieve when you try to load the DirectoryIndex?

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA: Security 2003

http://www.wishdiak.com

 

[planix]

Hi,

I was getting a message that said "File / not found. Please check ... etc". But, I just tried after reading your message and got on just fine.

This is really puzzling because I haven't made any changes to httpd and I haven't re-started the server for a couple of days.

It seems like it might be some intermittent thing. If you have heard of anything like this I'd appreciate knowing about it.

Thanks for checking.

Alistair

 

[Wishdiak]

planix,

Nothing that I can think of, but it's probably a good idea to check the Apache logs, especially if you noted the exact date and time that the problem occurred.

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA: Security 2003

http://www.wishdiak.com

 

[planix]

many thanks.

Alistair