Cannot see README.txt file http / web site using Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) Server
Barry Brimer
lists at brimer.org
Wed Mar 11 12:54:32 UTC 2009
> 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?
Is SELinux enabled? Perhaps the difference between copying / renaming the
file has given the file a different context? You might try a "restorecon
-vR /var/www/html" or temporarily disabling SELinux "setenforce 0" and
testing to see if the problem still exists. What do your log files say?
Barry
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