Topic: Apache2 Version Issue / Description Width Addition

[sullivm]

Greetings to you all, I hope things are going well. I just joined, as I have an issue with the Apache2 setup, and am unfamiliar with the system.

Ok, here's the lowdown:
we're running Windows Server 2003, using the Apache2/Xammp (?) system.

Now, not much is known about the setup, as there was no documentation involved.

I'd like to change the IndexOptions directive so that the "DescriptionWidth" can be specified with a longer length. This is so that users viewing file listings can see the full name, rather than the 23 character abbrv. name.

Now, I know that the "DescriptionWidth" portion is only useable in Apache 2.0.23+ - however I don't know how to check the version - is that easy? and if so, how do you check it?

So anyway, I tried the "DescriptionWidth" addition to the conf file, and I got a syntax error (using "*" as the value, to allow all characters, yes i know its a security issue, yadada).

Is that because the apache version isnt up to 2.0.23 - or maybe I did something wrong?

Thanks for any help . . .

[James Blond]

Please see the docs!
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/mod/mod_autoindex.html#indexoptions.descriptionwidth

If you still have a question, please ask again.

[tdonovan]

To check your Apache version:

Find a program in your Apache \bin directory named httpd.exe or apache.exe
Run this program from the command prompt with the -v switch, for example:


httpd.exe -v

It is unlikely that you have a version older than Apache 2.0.23, which is about 5 years old.

You probably mean to use NameWidth rather than DescriptionWidth if you want to see long filenames in your directory listings.

Make sure you put NameWidth=* in the IndexOptions directive, not in the Options directive.
For example: