Comments on: Working With Apache’s Alias Directive

By: MiKL~

MiKL~ — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:35:23 +0000

On my WAMP server, I have created a webdav directory that I called DAV. within this directory I have created an alias to another location as a sub-directory that is called ALI. On a client machine I mapped the DAV directory as a system drive. My problem is that when I use the mapped webdav drive, I cannot see the alias ALI (subdir of DAV) that I have created. However with the browser the alias appears normally. Anybody can help?

By: narasimhan

narasimhan — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 06:23:23 +0000

I have a simple question and possibly very trivial.
I have not made any changes to the original config files.

my root directory is c:/xampp/htdocs (by httpd.conf)

I have afew script files (not my website) in
c:/xampp/htdocs/xampp/myscripts folder

I need to access these files in my browser.

if I type localhost/xampp/myscripts/filename.php it works
(it is too long)

but not if I type
c:/xampp/filename.php

I thought if the root directory was set to c:/xampp/htdocs apache will find all the script files below that directory.

I have tried many forums but to no purpose. I have spent a lot of time figuring out but have not found success.

last but not least, your writing is very clear I like it.

please help.

By: Mehul Ved

Mehul Ved — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:32:40 +0000

Yes, this will work for Mac, Linux, BSD’s, etc too.

By: The Web Hosting Hero

The Web Hosting Hero — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:58:54 +0000

Sorry I have no idea on how to do this on a Mac. Try it out and check the log files if it doesn’t work.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 03:05:47 +0000

Hi -
Thanks for posting this.
Would you show how this looks in a Mac environment?

For instance,
I have:
Users/me/Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/ & 8 .conf files in the apache folder.
There is one called httpd.conf but is the syntax the same?

Thanks,
chris