Redirect

[elovkoff]

apache-1.3.23

When users access web site they type in http://intranet/legal/advise/apps/booklet/info.html

Is it possible to make it more usr-friendly.....I tried in httpd.conf:

Redirect /legal http://intranet/legal/advise/apps/booklet/info.html (in one line)
but it doesn't work.
legal - is just a logical name, not existing directory.

Is there any way to make it work?
thx.

[popcorn]

[s]DNS entry? giving "legal" the same IP as intranet? just a guess tho'[/s]

Sorry, reread the question, and actually read it right the second time :

[ph34r]

Why not put a index.html page in /legal that meta refreshes to the full path of the file you want?

[pbharris]

[s]hey! i did not know i could stricke out stuff[/s]
groovy !

[elovkoff]

I'm not that good with apache management. All I want is let's say simplyr redirect http://myserver/index.html to http://myserver/legal/booklet/info.html.

In IIS I can simply say that index html is a redirection to http://myserver/legal/booklet/info.html.
For well known reason I don't wanns use IIS, I've got everything running on apache and this redirection thing is the last thing I have to configure ...

[tolstoy]

Set the DocumentRoot in your httpd.conf to be /usr/local/apache/htdocs/legal/booklet (or whatever the absolute path to apache is), then add info.html to the DirectoryIndex line.

That will do the trick, but will also change the location of your document root to legal/booklet.

[elovkoff]

I'll try that . thx.

[elovkoff]

Why not put a index.html page in /legal that meta refreshes to the full path of the file you want?

Wow, don't scary the apache newbie with 'meta refreshes to the full path' things
I think you're talking html editing of the page but not sure....
Even if my guess is right it is way over my head, unless you provide me with exact syntax :-)

[elovkoff]

<META works!. I did some digging on the internet...after all it is pretty simple. Thanks for the tip.