Apache vs. SSI

[Thomas Dowling]

Let me throw an odd problem out for any serious Apache jockeys out there.

We're in the process of bringing up a Web site that uses server-side
includes in every page.  The pages are all generated by third-party
software.  The SSI's were being correctly parsed by Apache 1.3b5 two weeks
ago; then we suffered a catastrophic disk crash.  We have reconstructed the
disk and reloaded most of the data.  But when we generate the HTML pages
from the same software and view them under the same copy of Apache, the
SSI's are no longer being parsed.  Neither Apache nor the third-party
software was affected by the crash, so these are literally the same copies
that were in place two weeks ago.

The SSI's are also not parsed if I use Apache 1.2.5 instead of 1.3b5.  They
are parsed if I use Netscape Enterprise, but our experience is that Apache
is much more stable.

srm.conf includes:

AddType text/html .shtml
AddHandler server-parsed .html .shtml


Can anyone tell me what I'm overlooking?


Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu