I got it work. The problem was, I did not specify the IP addresses which can access the server
cheers On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 05.05.08 10:40, Nishantha Pradeep wrote: > > I have a server named as nishantha-lsf and it http-polling is running on > > port 5280. I can directly access the http-polling service with the URL > > http://localhost:5280/http-poll. But I want to access it without > specifying > > the port number such as > > http://localhost/http-poll. So I used write module's capabilities and I > add > > following to my httpd.conf file. Then restarted the apache > > > > <VirtualHost *> > > ServerName nishantha-lsf > > DocumentRoot /var/www/www > > <Directory /var/www/www/chat> > > Options +Indexes +MultiViews > > </Directory> > > AddDefaultCharset UTF-8 > > RewriteEngine on > > RewriteRule http-poll/ http://localhost:5280/http-poll/ [P] > > </VirtualHost> > > using redirect instead of rewrite should be enough, however this will only > apply when you enter path containing slash after http-poll which is not > what > you described. > > > But when I enter the URL http://localhost:5280/http-poll, it says you > dont > > have permission to access the http-poll on this server. > > do you mean, if you enter it WITHOUT the port name? > > > However when I > > specify the port (http://localhost:5280/http-poll/) it allows me to > accsess. > > you are accessing the HTTP polling service, which not apache IIUC. > > -- > Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ > Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. > Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. > Atheism is a non-prophet organization. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. > See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
