index.shtml does't load automaically...instead I get a dir listing

[mountainbiker]

I hope I can explain this clearly enough as I am not at the office with the httpd.conf.

First, I have a Unix system with a symbollic link, such as
index.html -> dir1/dir2/html/index.html

When the hostname is hit

http://hostname/

then index.html loads fine.

Now, I wanted to activate SSI, so I added
DirectoryIndex index.html index.shtml
and added the appropriate mime type

If I browse to

http://hostname/dir1/dir2/html/index.shtml

it loads the index.shtml and does the include perfectly

If I break the above link and make
index.shtml -> dir1/dir2/html/index.shtml
I get the directory listing for dir1/dir2/html/
but it doesn't load index.shtml automatically

 

[RhythmAce]

Do you have this line in the directory container?

Options Indexes FollowSymLinks

 

[mountainbiker]

I will have to check when I get into the office, but I assume it is there as it is following the symbolic link in order to reach the correct directory for index.html and index.shtml. It is just that index.html loads, but a directory listing is shown rather than loading index.shtml (when it is the one I am trying to load).

 

[mountainbiker]

okay here is what i got

/opt/webserver/htdocs
index.html symbolic link to dir1/dir2/html/index.html
index.shtml symbolic link to dir1/dir2/html/index.shtml

httpd.conf has
DirectoryIndex index.html index.shtml
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
AddType text/html .shtml
Options +Includes
<Directory /opt/webserver/htdocs>
RedirectPermanent /index.html

http://hostname/index.shtml

</Directory>

Now the <Directory> took care of the

http://hostname/index.shtml

displaying the directory listing

However,

http://hostname/index.shtml

does NOT process the SSI
but

http://hostname/dir1/dir2/html/index.shtml

WILL process it

Any clues what is going on?

 

[mountainbiker]

The solution that worked for me on 1.3 was

<Location />
AddHandler server-parsed .shtml
AddType text/html .shtml
DirectoryIndex index.shtml
Options +Includes
RedirectPermanent /index.html

http://hostname/index.shtml

</Location>