Sort of OT

[Tim]

On Thu, 2014-09-04 at 09:56 +1000, Roger wrote:
>      DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mydirectory

> I do not wish to change <DirectoryRoot> in httpd.conf.

You don't have to, the virtual host sections define what the virtual
host does.

> Have the correct paths in <Directory "/a/b/c">
> But in a browser localhost/directory/index.html  always reports
> error: 
> Not Found The requested URL /directory was not found on this server.

That should be http://localhost/index.html

Your DocumentRoot says where it starts from, your "mydirectory" and that
becomes the root of the path.

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