Cannot see README.txt file http / web site using Apache/2.2.3 (Red Hat) Server

[Ray Van Dolson]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 05:47:29AM -0700, Nicholas G. Stamatakos wrote:
> Bizarre feature of red hat.  I don't know if it is a bug, or not.
> My co-worker puts README.txt file at /var/www/html/subdirectory and it
> is not viewable from web browser.  He renames the file to READ.ME.txt
> and we can see it from the web browser.  The permissions are correct
> (world readable) on both README.txt and READ.ME.txt .
> 
> Is README.txt filtered out so that general web browser cannot see it?
> 
> Thanks
> Nick

Check the IndexIgnore directive in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.  It's
typically set to filter out README* by default.

Ray