Solved. Re: ViewCVS and Apache configuration

[Alan Dayley]

Alan Dayley wrote:

> I am trying to install ViewCVS on a Linux box with Apache.  I have done 
> "everything right" as far as I can see from the install instructions and 
> what I can google for.  But, all I get are 404 errors for the URL that 
> should work.
> 
> I am not a web admin guy so the httpd.conf file is a bit of a mystery to 
> me.  The section that I added based on instructions and googled info is 
> this:
> 
> #
> # Changes for ViewCVS
> #
> ScriptAlias /viewcvs/ "/usr/local/viewcvs/cgi/"
> <Directory /usr/local/viewcvs/cgi>
>    AllowOverride None
> #   Options None
>    Options +ExecCGI
>    SetHandler cgi-script
>    Order allow,deny
>    Allow from all
> </Directory>
> 
> Any clues there?

Changed the above line to:
ScriptAlias /viewcvs-bin/ "/usr/local/viewcvs/cgi/"

Now it works.  Why it mattered?  Don't know, don't care.

Alan