subdomains and trailing slashes

[libbyp]

i'm having a problem with my subdomain and trailing slashes.

if i enter http://www.domain.com/directory/ it works fine

but if i enter http://www.domain.com/directory it gets all wonky

i found this article which seems like a fix. http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum92/5035.htm
but, i don't know where to add the following in my httpd.conf file, and also how to restart apache to see these changes.

Options -MultiViews
UseCanonicalName off

i should also mention that i am a learning newbie. i greatly appreciate any help.

[Daniel_DBS]

Which control panel are you using??? The reason I ask is because the httpd.conf file varies slightly between the control panels...

I am not sure about the Multiviews one, however, UseCanonicalName is towards the top of my cPanel apache conf file...

here is an example of my httpd.conf file and where UseCanonicalName is located:

[root@hostname~]# vi /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf
Include "/usr/local/apache/conf/php.conf"
Include "/usr/local/apache/conf/modsec.conf"


RLimitMEM 2519229781
RLimitCPU 240
ServerType standalone
KeepAlive On
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100
KeepAliveTimeout 15
MinSpareServers 5
MaxSpareServers 10
StartServers 5
MaxClients 150
MaxRequestsPerChild 0
Port 80
AccessFileName .htaccess
UseCanonicalName On
DefaultType text/plain
HostnameLookups Off
ErrorLog /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
LogFormat "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" combined

Once you add it to your httpd.conf file, you need to type the following at the command prompt to restart apache:

/etc/init.d/httpd restart

I hope that helps!

-Daniel

[libbyp]

thanks for the reply. i'm using cpanel. your code is somewhat helpful, but mine doesn't include UseCanonicalName at the beginning, though it appears in several other places. i'm thinking that it belongs within the virtual host listing for the subdomain, maybe like this?

<VirtualHost ip:80>
ServerName
ServerAlias
ServerAlias
ServerAdmin
DocumentRoot

Options -MultiViews
UseCanonicalName off

<IfModule mod_suphp.c>
</IfModule>
<IfModule !mod_disable_suexec.c>
</IfModule>
BytesLog
CustomLog
ScriptAlias
</VirtualHost>

[Daniel_DBS]

This is how one of my VirtualHost lines looks:

<VirtuartualHost IP:80>
    ServerName domain.com
    ServerAlias www.domain.com
    DocumentRoot /home/user/public_html
    ServerAdmin webmaster@domain.com
    UseCanonicalName Off
    CustomLog /usr/local/apache/domlogs/domain.com combined
    BytesLog /usr/local/apache/domlogs/domain.com-bytes_log
    <IfModule !mod_disable_suexec.c>
        User user
        Group group
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule mod_suphp.c>
        suPHP_UserGroup user group
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule concurrent_php.c>
        php4_admin_value open_basedir "/home/user:/usr/lib/php:/usr/php4/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/php4/lib/php:/tmp"
        php5_admin_value open_basedir "/home/user:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp"
    </IfModule>
    <IfModule !concurrent_php.c>
        <IfModule mod_php4.c>
            php_admin_value open_basedir "/home/user:/usr/lib/php:/usr/php4/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/php4/lib/php:/tmp"
        </IfModule>
        <IfModule mod_php5.c>
            php_admin_value open_basedir "/home/user:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php:/tmp"
        </IfModule>
    </IfModule>
    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/user/public_html/cgi-bin/


</VirtualHost>

I don't have the MultiViews one...