On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 9:56 PM, Steve Swift wrote:
> It is surprising that the installation of apache does not install a sample
> favicon.ico (the apache "feather", perhaps).
>
Apache used to* install a more complete welcome page, with favicon,
links to docs, everything a sysadmin might want to
Is not relevant; You're going to get the accesses in there whether they
result in 200 or 404.
On 15 October 2011 06:35, Dan Trainor wrote:
> And the access log?
> On Oct 14, 2011 9:59 PM, "Steve Swift" wrote:
>
>> I don't have any particular axe to grind, but putting a favicon.ico in the
>> doc
And the access log?
On Oct 14, 2011 9:59 PM, "Steve Swift" wrote:
> I don't have any particular axe to grind, but putting a favicon.ico in the
> documentroot would avoid the error log starting to fill from the outset.
> Also, for someone who had just installed their first ever server, it would
>
I don't have any particular axe to grind, but putting a favicon.ico in the
documentroot would avoid the error log starting to fill from the outset.
Also, for someone who had just installed their first ever server, it would
give them a clue how to get their own icon to appear in the browser. This
qu
At 09:56 PM 10/14/2011 +0100, Steve Swift wrote:
It is surprising that the installation of apache does not install a sample
favicon.ico (the apache "feather", perhaps).
Why? It's already "above and beyond" that httpd gives you a "success"
page. A server is designed to serve what *you* want -
On 10/14/2011 3:56 PM, Steve Swift wrote:
> It is surprising that the installation of apache does not install a sample
> favicon.ico
> (the apache "feather", perhaps).
Wouldn't happen. Take a look at the modern rendition of 'it worked'.
It works!
The arbitrary user installs a server, why shoul
It is surprising that the installation of apache does not install a sample
favicon.ico (the apache "feather", perhaps).
On 14 October 2011 14:34, Mark H. Wood wrote:
> On one hand: favicon.ico must be readable by the process which runs
> the web server. Check the ACL on that file.
>
> On the o
On one hand: favicon.ico must be readable by the process which runs
the web server. Check the ACL on that file.
On the other hand: it is not an error if favicon.ico does not exist.
That's the small image which is typically displayed just to the left
of the URL entry field near the top of the bro
"Wild" Bill Miller
Swampmaster
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From: ""Wild Bill Miller"
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Subject: favicon.ico
I am new to the Apache web server.
When I inquire on my domain (www.thepictureshow.net) the web
browser gives an error a
