so i'm launching an application on a new server, and i'm having an odd problem. i *think* i understand why, but i need to correct it.

if i set up httpd.conf like so: 

    <Location /index.pl>
    SetHandler perl-script
    PerlHandler Module
    </Location>

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my images, style, etc work. there *is* no index.pl .. so if the site is access as www.site.com/ users get a 403 error because i've denied directory listings in httpd.conf

but if i use this conf: 

    <Location />
    SetHandler perl-script
    PerlHandler Module
    </Location>

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my images and styles don't work.

so i'm stumped. there is no index.pl ... and i don't see the need for one ( unless i'm doing something wrong )

In reply to "proper" mod_perl config directives by geektron

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