How To Do Apache Aliasing

[cesarcesar]

Hello all. I have a question that pertains to Apache Aliases. I have read multiple upon multiple info on this and I am still confused. Guru wisdom is much appreciated. My question is, what is the difference between these two was of aliasing? I have added both my local (WIN-XP) and remote (LAMP) aliases. I am also wondering if my <Directory>...</Directory> attributes are correct.

1. Adding within .htaccess file like -

	Local -		Alias /EmpireManager C:/apache2triad/htdocs/EmpireManager
	Remote -	Alias /EmpireManager /var/[URL unfurl="true"]www/path/to/EmpireManager[/URL]

2. Adding into httpd.conf file like -

	Local -		Alias /EmpireManager/ "C:/apache2triad/htdocs/clients/EmpireManager/"

			<Directory "C:/apache2triad/htdocs/clients/EmpireManager">
			    Options Indexes MultiViews
			    AllowOverride None
			    Order allow,deny
			    Allow from all
			</Directory>

	Remote -	Alias /EmpireManager/ "/var/[URL unfurl="true"]www/path/to/EmpireManager/"[/URL]

			<Directory "/var/[URL unfurl="true"]www/path/to/EmpireManager">[/URL]
			    Options Indexes MultiViews
			    AllowOverride None
			    Order allow,deny
			    Allow from all
			</Directory>

When using the httpd.conf method locally Apache will not start with <Directory>...</Directory>. If i comment it out Apache works but Aliasing does not.

Thanks

Cesar

 

[NullTerminator]

Cesar,
1) alias is not permited in .htaccess
2) recommend not putting trailin slash on aliases - it requires url to have trailing slash to be processed
3) check the error_log for clue why apache won't start.

See also

http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.1/mod/mod_alias.html

Jeb
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