Very Computer

Two questions about the ErrorDocument directive:

1)  I've got a line "ErrorDocument 404 /file_not_found.cfm" in httpd.conf
that apparently directs all 404 errors to the same page in my document root
directory.  The problem is that all of the relative links on this error
response page are broken if the 404 error comes from anywhere other than the
document root directory.  Can this be fixed?

2) Can I put a .htaccess file in any subdirectory (of the document root
directory) with an ErrorDocument directive in order for that subdirectory to
have its own 404 error response page?  I've tried this, but all I get is the
default 404 error message (not even the file_not_found.cfm specified in
httpd.conf).  I've got "AllowOverride FileInfo" in my config files, so
that's not the problem.

Help?

Derek Bruff
ENVOY Corporation

No.  Use absolute URLs in error documents.  This happens because the
browser (which is responsible for resolving relative URLs) never knows
that it is accessing /file_not_found.cfm.  It thinks it is getting the
original document.  Of course, you could always use a full URL in the
ErrorDocument, thereby getting an external redirect to the error page,
but the proper solution is just to use absolute references.

Quote:> 2) Can I put a .htaccess file in any subdirectory (of the document root
> directory) with an ErrorDocument directive in order for that subdirectory to
> have its own 404 error response page?  I've tried this, but all I get is the
> default 404 error message (not even the file_not_found.cfm specified in
> httpd.conf).  I've got "AllowOverride FileInfo" in my config files, so
> that's not the problem.

This should work.  Another way you could try is putting the
ErrorDocuments inside <Directory> sections in your main config instead
of using .htaccess files.  This will also improve performance.

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Joshua Slive

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