Sharing a new directory

[Rekkr]

I am trying to share a new directory which is not preconfigured with Apache.

I open my /etc/httpd/conf/commonhttpd.conf file.

At the bottom I add:

<Directory /path/to/directory>
Options -Indexes MultiViews
AllowOverride None
<IfModule mod_access.c>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</IfModule>
</Directory>

I restart and nothing happens. When I goto http://localhost/directory/ I get a 404.

[bittukk]

To Share a directory apache is not a good server.U can use samba for this purpose for any unix to unix as well as unix to Windows.....

Try this....

[Rekkr]

No, I am not trying to set up network sharing for Apache, I'm trying to share a new directory for the webserver so that when I type in "http://localhost/new_share" I get the contents of that folder displayed to me... I hope you understand.