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 <mw...@iupui.edu> 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 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 browser window. If there > is no favicon, the browser just leaves the space blank or substitutes > a default. Your actual problem is somewhere else. Check the ACLs on > the other files in htdocs to ensure that httpd can read them, and also > check all of your Allow and Deny commands in httpd.conf to ensure that > your client machine is allowed access to the page you requested. > > You may see other errors in the log which will help you to pin down > the actual problem. Favicon is not it. > > > > A message in the archives said no problem just add the folder > favicon.ico > > > to the tree. Tried that but it still would not recognize the folder and > I > > > get the same > > Woops, I read this again. favicon.ico is not a folder; it's an image > file. Find more than you ever wanted to know here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon > > -- > Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer mw...@iupui.edu > Asking whether markets are efficient is like asking whether people are > smart. > -- Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk
