This file is an annotated version of srm.conf. You can use it for reference as you configure httpd for your system. The keyword anchors will take you to the NCSA documentation for that keyword. The value anchors will take you to a detailed explanation of the keyword and its recommended value.
# With this document, you define the name space that users see of your http # server. # See the tutorials at http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/docs/tutorials/ for # more information. # Rob (robm@ncsa.uiuc.edu) # DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your # documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but # symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations. DocumentRoot /Web/htdocs # UserDir: The name of the directory which is appended onto a user's home # directory if a ~user request is received. UserDir public_html # DirectoryIndex: Name of the file to use as a pre-written HTML # directory index DirectoryIndex index.html # FancyIndexing is whether you want fancy directory indexing or standard FancyIndexing on # AddIcon tells the server which icon to show for different files or filename # extensions AddIconByType (TXT,/icons/text.xbm) text/* AddIconByType (IMG,/icons/image.xbm) image/* AddIconByType (SND,/icons/sound.xbm) audio/* AddIcon /icons/movie.xbm .mpg .qt AddIcon /icons/binary.xbm .bin AddIcon /icons/back.xbm .. AddIcon /icons/menu.xbm ^^DIRECTORY^^ AddIcon /icons/blank.xbm ^^BLANKICON^^ # DefaultIcon is which icon to show for files which do not have an icon # explicitly set. DefaultIcon /icons/unknown.xbm # AddDescription allows you to place a short description after a file in # server-generated indexes. # Format: AddDescription "description" filename # ReadmeName is the name of the README file the server will look for by # default. Format: ReadmeName name # # The server will first look for name.html, include it if found, and it will # then look for name and include it as plaintext if found. # # HeaderName is the name of a file which should be prepended to # directory indexes. ReadmeName README HeaderName HEADER # IndexIgnore is a set of filenames which directory indexing should ignore # Format: IndexIgnore name1 name2... IndexIgnore */.??* *~ *# */HEADER* */README* # AccessFileName: The name of the file to look for in each directory # for access control information. AccessFileName .htaccess # DefaultType is the default MIME type for documents which the server # cannot find the type of from filename extensions. DefaultType text/plain # AddType allows you to tweak mime.types without actually editing it, or to # make certain files to be certain types. # Format: AddType type/subtype ext1 # AddEncoding allows you to have certain browsers (Mosaic/X 2.1+) uncompress # information on the fly. Note: Not all browsers support this. AddEncoding x-compress Z AddEncoding x-gzip gz # Redirect allows you to tell clients about documents which used to exist in # your server's namespace, but do not anymore. This allows you to tell the # clients where to look for the relocated document. # Format: Redirect fakename url # Aliases: Add here as many aliases as you need, up to 20. The format is # Alias fakename realname Alias /icons/ /Web/httpd/icons/ # ScriptAlias: This controls which directories contain server scripts. # Format: ScriptAlias fakename realname ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /Web/httpd/cgi-bin/ # If you want to use server side includes, or CGI outside # ScriptAliased directories, uncomment the following lines. AddType text/x-server-parsed-html .shtml AddType application/x-httpd-cgi .cgi