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

Reber, Simon simon.reber at roche.com
Wed Mar 11 12:58:47 UTC 2009


This must be a pure Apache problem.
	Please take a look at the following link as it might describe
your problem and/or solution:
	http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_dir.html and
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_autoindex.html

Cheers

>-----Original Message-----
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>[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Nigel Wade
>Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 1:52 PM
>To: stamatakos.nick at usno.navy.mil; General Red Hat Linux 
>discussion list
>Subject: Re: Cannot see README.txt file http / web site using 
>Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) Server
>
>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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