URL Segment Support macosx 10.6

Question

Hi, does anyone knows how to activate URL Segment Support in Snow Leopard? I take I must add the AcceptPathInfo On directive to the httpd.config file in /private/etc/apache2 but I cant find the right way to do it. Should I set AllowOverride and go .htaccess instead? Any advice would be greatly appreciated, Thanks!.

Answer 1

You can use the AcceptPathInfo directive in the server config, virtual host, directory or .htaccess context.

• virtual host context:

  Here’s an example for the virtual host localhost:

  <VirtualHost *:80>
      ServerName localhost
      DocumentRoot "/Users/username/Sites/localhost/"
      AcceptPathInfo on
  </VirtualHost>
  

  That will now apply to the whole virtual host.

• direcory context:

  If you just want to use it in specific directory, you can either use a <Directory> block in your server/virtual host configuration file:

  <Directory /Users/username/Sites/localhost/foobar>
      AcceptPathInfo on
  </Directory>
  

• .htaccess context

  Or, if you want to allow the AcceptPathInfo directive in .htaccess files, you need to set AllowOverride FileInfo for that directory, e.g.

  <Directory /Users/username/Sites/localhost/foobar>
      AllowOverride FileInfo
  </Directory>
  
  
  # .htaccess file in /Users/username/Sites/localhost/foobar
  AcceptPathInfo on