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We had a VirtualHost defined for a simple website; we wanted to enable directory browsing for this (password protected) site. Simple, right? Despite all of my Google searching, adding "Options Indexes", "Options +Indexes", "Allow Overrides" and adding .htaccess files, we were unable to get directory browsing working. A quick look at the http error_log revealed this error:
I always feel the need to write some silly commentary to explain why I'm documenting procedure in a public way to help anyone else who shares similar circumstances. Enough for today.
This week I experienced a problem where my apache rewrite rules wouldn’t update or reload. I would change a 301 redirect or an alias, restart Apache and the changes wouldn’t process. Humph. I got to the point where I started to believe, like DNS, that these redirects where propagated somewhere out on the Internet and they were just happening. Of course, this doesn’t happen.