quoth the Nick Rout:
> I wanted to use mod_status so I set -D INFO in /etc/conf.d/apache2 and
> my /etc/httpd.conf cotains the following:
>
> <IfDefine INFO>
>     ExtendedStatus On
>     <Location /server-status>
>         SetHandler server-status
>         Order deny,allow
>         Deny from all
>         Allow from localhost
>     </Location>
> </IfDefine>
>
> Looks to me as though it should allow connections from localhost, but
> it doesn't, I get 403 Forbidden.

Yeah, it should be working, and in fact it is exactly the same as on my system 
where it does work. Is your system having problems resolving localhost? Does 
127.0.0.1 work?

> If I comment out the lines Deny from all, Allow from localhost it
> works, but not as it is written i the default file as quoted above.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Reading the manual here makes me believe it should be working:
>
> http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.0/mod/mod_access.html#order

-d
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