--- 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