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Twenty first century blues
Apr. 21st, 2005 04:57 pmHow about this for an impressive example of how to do the Wrong Thing:
Using Big Blue's web server, it's possible to configure it so that if it can't find a file that matches the name specified in the DirectoryIndex directive (which it calls something lame like "Welcome"), it picks up the oldest, nearest match. I discovered this when I removed our old home.html file on the intranet, assuming that it would just result in 404 errors for the poor schmoes who happened to have it bookmarked, only to find that I'd accidentally managed to warp the site back to 1996...
Talk about a non-optimal solution.
Using Big Blue's web server, it's possible to configure it so that if it can't find a file that matches the name specified in the DirectoryIndex directive (which it calls something lame like "Welcome"), it picks up the oldest, nearest match. I discovered this when I removed our old home.html file on the intranet, assuming that it would just result in 404 errors for the poor schmoes who happened to have it bookmarked, only to find that I'd accidentally managed to warp the site back to 1996...
Talk about a non-optimal solution.
