[rt-users] Configuring Apache for RT

[Max Bowsher]

John Schubert wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 14:58, Max Bowsher wrote:
>> John Schubert wrote:
>>> I tried adding this, however, configtest complains that "order is not
>>> allowed here".
>>
>> Well, Order definitely *is* allowed in a Directory block.
>>
>> Perhaps you should post the relevant bits of your Apache config.
>
> ________________________________________
> <VirtualHost 192.168.1.199>
>     ServerName tech.linearcorp.com
>     DocumentRoot /opt/rt3/share/html
>     AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
>
>     # this line applies to Apache2+mod_perl2 only
>     # PerlModule Apache2 Apache::compat
>
>     PerlModule Apache::DBI
>     PerlRequire /opt/rt3/bin/webmux.pl
>
>     <Location />
>         SetHandler perl-script
>         PerlHandler RT::Mason
>     </Location>
> </VirtualHost>
> _________________________________________
> I placed the lines within the Virtual Host.  So maybe that was my
> mistake.

Well, yes. That is what the docs say:
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_access.html#order

> I've been trying to get back my Apache for other internal
> sites, however any time I try to change it, the added area goes into a
> weird refreshing loop for a Forbidden Page (when I say refreshing loop,
> I mean the page displays and then reloads repeatedly).  My http.conf is
> the "stock" installation, other than the above.
>
> For example, I added
> <directory> DocumentRoot /home/tech </directory>

That is NOT valid syntax for a <Directory> block. See the apache
documentation for how to correctly use <Directory>.

Max.