Can't figure with mod

justsimple has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I have just installed mod_perl. Everything is good, exept one thing. It's my httpd.conf part of mod_perl:

Alias /page/ /home/me/page/   
PerlModule Apache::Registry
<Location /page/>
    SetHandler perl-script
    PerlHandler Apache::Registry
    Options ExecCGI
    PerlSendHeader On
    allow from all
</Location>

All my perl scripts in this dir WORK, but I can't access other files. For example I can't access http://localhost/page/foto.jpg. foto jpg has permissions rwxrwxrwx. I can't figure why I can access perl scripts and can't access other files. What should I do?

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Re: Can't figure with mod_perl by Fletch (Bishop) on Jun 27, 2004 at 13:50 UTC
This is because you've told mod_perl to pass everything in the directory this URI maps to through Apache::Registry (including JPGs). A better solution might be to use a <Files> section to set the handler for non-jpg files, or to place your JPGs in a different directory not under the Apache::Registry enabled one.	[reply]
Re^2: Can't figure with mod_perl by Joost (Canon) on Jun 27, 2004 at 15:12 UTC
You're right, though I tend to to use the AddHandler directive instead of Files sections, like this (for .pl files): `Alias /page/ /home/me/page/ PerlModule Apache::Registry <Location /page/> AddHandler perl-script .pl PerlHandler Apache::Registry Options ExecCGI PerlSendHeader On allow from all </Location>` [download] update: fixed config. Joost. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Can't figure with mod_perl by thor (Priest) on Jun 27, 2004 at 13:51 UTC
What are the permissions on the directory where the files you can't access live? Is it readable by your apache process? thor	[reply]