Below is a segment of my conf file.  Apache 2.0 server is Provost NW6.5.
The first segment serves up a file on server Usher NW6.5 in the same
branch of a large tree. The second segment is parallel, but Server BPIR
is NW5.1 and in an adjacent branch. Both branches come from branch
Provost.  The page from BPIR gets: "file does not exist" in the browser
and "[Tue Sep 20 16:48:24 2005] [error] [client 152.3.231.13] co
uld not
create path context. error: 117" in the Apache log. Is the problem
because a) BPIR is NW5.1? b) BPIR is in a different branch from Provost?
or c) I don't know how to specify the server properly.

Thanks, Bob

<VirtualHost *:443>
ServerName mary.duke.edu
ServerAlias "*.mary.duke.edu"
DocumentRoot "Stuff:/othertest"
Alias /bob "usher/provost:/bpir/bob"
<Location /bob>
Options Indexes Multiviews
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
AuthType Basic
AuthName LDAP_Protected_Site
AuthLDAPDereferenceAliases never
AuthLDAPURL
ldap://152.3.231.10/ou=provost,ou=acad,o=university?cn?sub?(objectClass=inet
OrgPerson)
require user bob
</Location>
alias /myweb "bpir/more:/bob/myweb"
<Location /myweb>
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
AuthType Basic
AuthName LDAP_Protected_Site
AuthLDAPDereferenceAliases never
AuthLDAPURL
ldap://152.3.231.10/ou=provost,ou=acad,o=university?cn?sub?(objectClass=inet
OrgPerson)
require user bob
 cn=BudgetIR,ou=provost_office,ou=provost
,ou=acad,o=university
</Location>
</VirtualHost>

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Bob Newlin wrote:
>  b) BPIR is in a different branch from Provost?

That's the most likely reason IMO. Locating a server in the tree simply
by its name isn't always a straightforward process, especially in a
large, partitioned tree with multiple SLP scopes.

I would start with using the IP address of BPIRT first to see if that helps.

alias /myweb "10.10.10.10/more:/bob/myweb"

Or the volume object name.

alias /myweb "BIRT_MORE.OU.O:/bob/myweb"
alias /myweb ".BIRT_MORE.OU.O:/bob/myweb"

Also check if the result from "display slp services" on the apache
server includes BIRT.

HTH
Deyan

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Tried all those formats and a few more eg.
cn=bpir.ou=provost.o=university also with commas instead of dots.
Display slp services shows BPIR as a nwserver.novell.  I'm not sure if
any other service is needed for this.

Thanks, Bob

Deyan Stoykov wrote:
> Bob Newlin wrote:
> 
>
>
> That's the most likely reason IMO. Locating a server in the tree simply
> by its name isn't always a straightforward process, especially in a
> large, partitioned tree with multiple SLP scopes.
>
> I would start with using the IP address of BPIRT first to see if that
> helps.
>
> alias /myweb "10.10.10.10/more:/bob/myweb"
>
> Or the volume object name.
>
> alias /myweb "BIRT_MORE.OU.O:/bob/myweb"
> alias /myweb ".BIRT_MORE.OU.O:/bob/myweb"
>
> Also check if the result from "display slp services" on the apache
> server includes BIRT.
>
> HTH
> Deyan
>
>
>

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