Cannot see README.txt file http / web site using Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) Server

[Nigel Wade]

Nicholas G. Stamatakos wrote:
> Bizarre feature of red hat.  I don't know if it is a bug, or not.
> My co-worker puts README.txt file at /var/www/html/subdirectory and it
> is not viewable from web browser.  He renames the file to READ.ME.txt
> and we can see it from the web browser.  The permissions are correct
> (world readable) on both README.txt and READ.ME.txt .
> 
> Is README.txt filtered out so that general web browser cannot see it?
> 

It's certainly nothing to do with RedHat per se. I can put a README.txt in the root of a 
web server and see it perfectly.

What do the httpd access and error log say? Did SELinux rear it's ugly head via sealert?

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