is it possible to share for example a mp3's folder on a different HD? apache is installed on c:\ and my other HD e:\ has my mp3's....and i was wanting to like the two so that i can share my folder for access.... but making shortcuts and other things i've tried don't work... proly because i'm a nub anyone have this problem or know how to grant apache access to the e:\drive please tell me

Hello mkyb14,

I can't say I really understand your question but I will guess;

Let's say you browse your 'site' by typing http://localhost/ in the address bar of your browser. The 'site' documents are somewhere on your C:\ drive right?

Let's say you want to be able to type http://localhost/mp3/ and get to your mp3 collection (which is on the E:\ drive).

You can do this easily... by enabling apache's mod alias and setting it up to handle this situation: here is an example - http://www.desilva.biz/forum/showthr...=2849#post2849

Reply here if you still have questions.

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ok so i read your reply and did the following.
added this to my confg...at the end where the other ifmodules are..... but there was no "<IfModule mod_alias.c>" listed in my confg. so i made sure that the module was inthe list at the beginning which it was...and added this...

<IfModule mod_alias.c>
Alias /mp3s/ "E:/Mp3s/"
<Directory "E:/Mp3s/">
Options Indexes FollowSymlinks MultiViews
AllowOverride None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</IfModule>

then i tryed going to my website and adding localhost ....and nothing.... is there something that i'm missing.... and could if be the fact that i'm using Apache/2.0.45 ?

Try:
n.b. the ending slash was removed in line 3 of the example.

After you make that little change, try to 'view' a mp3 file directly e.g.
http://localhost:8080/mp3s/example.mp3

I haven't actually installed Apache 2+ on Windows yet so I wouldn't be able to tell you what if anything, is different.

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thanks man, i've been trying to do that for a while... now all i gotta do is take all the damn spaces out of the folder and file names so that i can link to them with out windows throwing a hissy fit booya

Actually... you don't need to change the folder names (the ones with spaces in them). Which Windows are you using?

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ok so i can view the folder that contains all the other ones that i have organized my music into....ex:/mp3s/ .... but when i click on a folder after that i get denied .. ex: /mp3s/A .... is there a way around this.... the folder is shared and permissions are granted for users.....any idea?

I am sorry, I don't quite understand your problem. Also, which Windows are you using?

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using windows XP PRO...... and to make the problem simplier.... i can view my "mp3s" folder but not the folders with in it... see i have organized it like so.
folder - mp3s > then it has A- Z folders with all music sorted by artist.

it can't list the sub folders.... is there a way to do this....
socal.homeunix.org
make sure if you visit it you use the last "/" because it won't load unless you do

Clicking those links/folders end up at a 404 Not Found.

That means you can check your error.log file and then you will be able to see where it looked, and didn't found the folder.

It will help if you could paste a bit of the error log so we can see if the alias is actually working like it should.

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