Apache retrieves wrong documents instead of "throwing" 404

Testet on localhost (Win2K+ Apache) server.

If e.g. the real page is:
"http://testsite.localhost/dir/file.php" (e.g.
"http://testsite.localhost/home/shop.php")
- then Apache will "rewrite" both
"http://testsite.localhost/dir/file" (e.g.
http://testsite.localhost/home/shop)
and
"http://testsite.localhost/dir/file/" (e.g.
http://testsite.localhost/home/shop/)
to there as well.
(This seems to be the case while http://testsite.localhost/dir/file.php
exists,
when it doesn't - e.g. when testing - Apache rightly "throws" 404.)


I do not want that "automatic-find-file-'ish" feature!.. I have no idea why
it does it.
Besides resulting in some wrong pathes in some variables
(at least for http://testsite.localhost/dir/file/) I would much much prefer
a 404 page.

Any ideas of what might be wrong?


mvh
Thomas Schulz

Am Sun, 13 Jul 2003 20:51:45 +0200 hat dk_sz geschrieben:

 > Testet on localhost (Win2K+ Apache) server.
 >
 > If e.g. the real page is:
 > "http://testsite.localhost/dir/file.php" (e.g.
 > "http://testsite.localhost/home/shop.php")
 > - then Apache will "rewrite" both
 > "http://testsite.localhost/dir/file" (e.g.
 > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://testsite.localhost/home/shop" target="_blank">http://testsite.localhost/home/shop</a>)
 > and
 > "http://testsite.localhost/dir/file/" (e.g.
 > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://testsite.localhost/home/shop/" target="_blank">http://testsite.localhost/home/shop/</a>)
 > to there as well.
<font color=purple> > (This seems to be the case while <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://testsite.localhost/dir/file.php</font" target="_blank">http://testsite.localhost/dir/file.php</font</a>>
 > exists,
 > when it doesn't - e.g. when testing - Apache rightly "throws" 404.)
 >
 >
 > I do not want that "automatic-find-file-'ish" feature!.. I have no idea
 > why
 > it does it.
 > Besides resulting in some wrong pathes in some variables
 > (at least for <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://testsite.localhost/dir/file/" target="_blank">http://testsite.localhost/dir/file/</a>) I would much much
 > prefer
 > a 404 page.
 >
 > Any ideas of what might be wrong?
I'v had the same problem when I wanted to use mod_rewrite because Apache
already rewrote the request and my RegEx never matches. Today morning, when
I read your post I looked at the manual and first I found the 'mod_speling'
and tried to switch It off:
<IfModule mod_speling.c>
CheckSpelling Off
</IfModule>
But it dosn't work because the module wasn't load, so I searched again and
found the 'mod_negotiation' and the Option to switch off is named
MultiViews. So you have to type in your .htaccess:
//
Options -MultiViews
//
This solved my Problem. Sorry I'm too lazy too give you URI's about the
issue but I only read the apache (1.3.27) Manual on my hard disk.

mfg Andre (germany)<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->