--- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] (Robert Smitheram) ---

>Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 15:22:41 -0400
>Subject: Re: #5644 setting OS X server to default to index.html
>To: [log in to unmask]
>From: [log in to unmask] (Robert Smitheram)
>References: <[log in to unmask]>
>In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]>

[log in to unmask] writes:
>How can I set an OS X server to automatically look for a page called
>"index.html" when it receives a browser request for one of its URLs
>that includes a directory pathway that does not end with a reference
>to a specific file?
>
>For example: pointing a browser to http://www.language.brown.edu/LRC
>does not result in a download of the page
>http://www.language.brown.edu/LRC/index.html , but rather the
>dispatch of a message saying that the user doesn't have privileges to
>access directory http://www.language.brown.edu/LRC .

The key word here is "privileges." In order for browsers to be able to get web
pages, the directories in question require "other/read-execute" privileges;
this is all basic Unix stuff. As root, issue the command "chmod o+rx
myDirectoryName" in a terminal window or use the the Workspace Manager
inspector to change the access settings on those directories; html files only
need "other/read" privileges.

Robert H. Smitheram