Solved. Re: ViewCVS and Apache configuration

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Author: Alan Dayley
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Old-Topics: ViewCVS and Apache configuration
Subject: Solved. Re: ViewCVS and Apache configuration
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/"


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